Mademoiselle Paradis

Streaming video - 2017

The true story of Maria Theresia Paradis, a gifted pianist and friend of Mozart, who lost her eye-sight as a child, but regains it through an innovative medical technique. But this miracle comes at a price, and she is forced to choose between an ordinary life in the light or an extraordinary life in the darkness, as a virtuoso. Nominated for the Platform Prize at the **Toronto International Film Festival.** Nominated for Best Film at the **San Sebastián International Film Festival**. *"Barbara Albert's Mademoiselle Paradis is a subtle and intelligent film about the historical crisis of female subjectivity and the various men who attempt to control that emerging identity." - Michael Sicinski, **Cinema Scope***