Filmzuckerl – Gentle Monster Wednesday, October 14, 8:30 PM (OV with subtitles) Thursday, October 15, 6:15 PM (OV with subtitles) A Filmzuckerl screening at Filmbühne Waidhofen. Marie Kreutzer | AT/DE/FR 2026 | 115 min | OV with subtitles Starring: Léa Seydoux, Jella Haase, Laurence Rupp, Catherine Deneuve Concert pianist Lucy (Léa Seydoux) moves to the countryside with her husband Philip (Laurence Rupp) and their son, where the filmmaker slowly recovers from burnout. One day, the police arrive at their door to conduct a search. The allegation that special investigator Elsa (Jella Haase) brings against Philip is serious and turns Lucy's world upside down. Who is the man she loves, really? Suddenly, everything Lucy believed she knew about her marriage, her family, and the person by her side begins to crumble. As she tries to protect her child and understand what has happened, she is confronted with questions that have no simple answers. A story about Lucy and Elsa, about trust and deception, about love and honesty with oneself. Four years after her internationally acclaimed drama CORSAGE, Austrian director Marie Kreutzer returns to cinema with GENTLE MONSTER. Her new film offers a multifaceted, feminine, and feminist perspective on a controversial topic without reducing its characters to simple answers or black-and-white portrayals. For the leading roles, Kreutzer assembled an extraordinary international ensemble: alongside French superstar Léa Seydoux and Jella
