Returning to Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival, where his documentary short “Views of a Retired Night Porter” was awarded in 2006, Austrian helmer Andreas Horvath decided to focus on his fiction feature debut “Lillian” when addressing the participants of European Film Promotion’s Future Frames during an exclusive masterclass. The showcase, now in its seventh edition, presents 10 young directors from Europe and their latest work, selected by the artistic team of Kviff.
Inspired by the true story of Lillian Alling, a Russian woman in New York who decided to walk back to her homeland in the 1920s, the film was borne out of Horvath’s restlessness.
“I was at a film festival in Montreal and decided to go to Toronto. I often do that – I don’t necessarily watch all the films but go to museums, explore the city. My friends had a guest and he told me about her,” he said.
Inspired by the true story of Lillian Alling, a Russian woman in New York who decided to walk back to her homeland in the 1920s, the film was borne out of Horvath’s restlessness.
“I was at a film festival in Montreal and decided to go to Toronto. I often do that – I don’t necessarily watch all the films but go to museums, explore the city. My friends had a guest and he told me about her,” he said.
- 8/24/2021
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
What would you do if you were in a foreign country, where had no money, did not speak the language, and could not find work without the necessary proper documentation? Would you go to your country's embassy to ask for help? Would you work illegally until you could save enough for a flight, or even remaining in that country illegally for as long as you don't get caught? What would it mean to be truly isolated, to have to make your way home through no efforts but your own? None of what would seem to be viable options for the naive yet (mostly) single-minded Lillian (Patrycja Planik). A Russian tourist in the USA, she has overstayed her visa; unable to find work even doing hard...
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- 9/18/2019
- Screen Anarchy
In 1926, Polish-born immigrant Lillian Alling decided either that she was done with New York City or it was done with her, and set out to take the long way home. Traveling on foot, she crossed into Canada at Niagara Falls, headed for Alaska, and continued her epic solo trek along the Bering Strait toward Russia. She was never heard from again. Alling’s story is a grimly remarkable one that has inspired multiple novels, historical studies and even an opera; by now, it ought to have made for a remarkable film. “Lillian,” the first narrative feature by celebrated Austrian docmaker Andreas Horvath, isn’t quite it, but neither does it tell quite that story. Reimagining Alling’s journey as a present-day trans-American odyssey, it retains the sad, aloof mystique of its true-life inspiration, but despite the topical resonance of an immigrant escape narrative set in Trump’s hostile America, Horvath...
- 5/30/2019
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
The part documentary, part fiction work stars visual artist Patrycja Planik.
Sébastien Chesneau’s Dubai-based world sales company Cercamon has acquired international sales rights to Austrian director Andreas Horvath’s part documentary, part fiction work Lillian, produced by compatriot filmmaker Ulrich Seidl, ahead of its premiere in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight (May 15-25).
Visual artist Patrycja Planik stars as a woman stranded in New York, who decides to head home to her native Russia on foot. It is a journey that will take her straight across the United States and into the freezing wastes of Alaska.
The film is based on...
Sébastien Chesneau’s Dubai-based world sales company Cercamon has acquired international sales rights to Austrian director Andreas Horvath’s part documentary, part fiction work Lillian, produced by compatriot filmmaker Ulrich Seidl, ahead of its premiere in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight (May 15-25).
Visual artist Patrycja Planik stars as a woman stranded in New York, who decides to head home to her native Russia on foot. It is a journey that will take her straight across the United States and into the freezing wastes of Alaska.
The film is based on...
- 5/2/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
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