Corsage

Vicky Krieps is at once luminous, defiant and tragic in this inventive historical drama about the reign of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, wife of Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph I. Known affectionately as "Sisi" and revered for her beauty, Elisabeth must maintain her idolized, isolated perch despite the creeping realization that, at 40, “a person begins to disperse and fade.” She fights back with small acts of defiance and an increasingly restless spirit as she gallops toward her fate. A NYT Critic's Pick.