Program
2024
House by the lake –
Grant

SLEEPING WITH A TIGER

Arsenal Filmverleih
Arsenal Filmverleih
Arsenal Filmverleih
Arsenal Filmverleih
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Arsenal Filmverleih

Screening at the Cinema by Velotel

“Sleeping with a Tiger” is the title of a painting by Austrian painter Maria Lassnig.

Having grown up in the south of Austria, Lassnig ended up in the post-war art scene via the Vienna Art Academy. Silent, stubborn between men who like to hear themselves talk, she feels into her body and looks at the world. She paints. She films. Mercilessly and with mischief. Tenaciously, she builds her career.

SLEEPING WITH A TIGER is a poetic portrait of the famous painter Maria Lassnig, brilliantly played by Birgit Minichmayr. A film about the search for her very personal artistic expression, her struggle in the male art world, her physical struggle for her painting, in which she brings her inner pain to the canvas.

Followed by a film talk with actress Birgit Minichmayr.

 

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  • Credits
    • Country: Austria
    • Length: 107 min
    • Director: Anja Salomonowitz
    • Cinematography: Jo Molitoris
    • Cast: Birgit Minichmayr, Johanna Orsini, Oskar Haag, Lukas Watzl
    • Version: German with English subtitles