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Germany's Sandra Hueller Takes on Gender Identity in Berlinale ...
Sandra Hüller portrays Rose, a woman who adopts male identity to claim a farm and navigate patriarchal constraints in 17th-century Germany, highlighting gender and self-determination themes.
- Rose, directed by Markus Schleinzer, opened in the Berlin Film Festival Competition, starring Sandra Hüller as a woman passing as a man in a 17th-century German village.
- Schleinzer bases Rose's decision on historical precedents of women presenting as men for work, safety, and freedom rather than a modern transgender autobiography.
- Claiming a ruined farm, Rose restores the property with help from farmhands and earns villagers' respect after slaying a wild bear, then marries Suzanna, navigating consummation with a makeshift device and a disputed pregnancy.
- Cross-Dressing becomes a criminalized offense in the village, with Rose condemned as a deceiver and local authorities and church community enforcing patriarchal norms and legal punishments; recurring shallow grave imagery signals fatal consequences.
- Although gender debates remain salient, Rose emphasizes self-determination and further cements Sandra Hüller's reputation as a chameleonic talent on the festival circuit.
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Sandra Hüller was the Queen of Cannes in 2023, starring in two of the most acclaimed films in the Competition: Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest and Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall. Her return to the festival circuit is another remarkable piece of work, one that cements her reputation as a striking yet surprisingly […]
German actress (Anatomy of a Fall), came to present her new composition in a film by director Markus Schleinzer.
Berlin. After Oscar-winning films such as "Free Fall" and "The Zone of Interest," Sandra Hüller is being praised for her strong performance in the queer drama "Rose" - a tightly told story about a woman who plays a man to gain freedom in 17th-century Germany, where gender roles and social norms are put to the test.
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Sandra Hüller stars as a 17th-century German woman who owes her self-realization to passing as a man in Markus Schleinzer's period drama, 'Rose.
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