瘋狂的愛 Amour Fou

★臺灣首映
★ 2015 2015 奧地利電影獎 最佳劇本、最佳剪輯
★ 2015 鹿特丹影展
★ 2014 坎城影展一種注目單元

改編自浪漫主義詩人、小說家克萊斯特的真實故事，宛如普魯士版太宰治的詩人殉情記：古代約「砲」是想要跟你一起吃子彈？詩人屢試表妹無果後，只得約書迷人妻，或許她才是「只想一起打砲，不想一起生活」的最佳「砲」友。而導演潔西卡．賀斯樂更旨在呈現故事背後殉情女伴的悲喜劇，將最後一絲浪漫扼殺。

導演挑戰古裝片，離開《奇蹟度假村》的宗教聖地場景，精心營造諷刺劇氛圍，善用室內前景和後景的巧妙調度，展現十九世紀德國家屋中的美麗與荒謬。開場以被花束遮擋的女主人翁，表現對花生命力及衰頹的畏懼和迷惑，預示著後來作品《小魔花》的端倪。影片呈現符合時代背景的生命政治議題，這些主題在《小魔花》和《餓之必要》中得到延伸，可謂是導演風格與主題的奠基之作。影片憑藉出色表現在2015年奧地利電影獎入圍六項大獎。

Berlin, the Romantic era. Young poet Heinrich wishes to conquer the inevitability of death through love, yet is unable to convince his skeptical cousin Marie to join him in a suicide pact. It is whilst coming to terms with this refusal, ineffably distressed by his cousin's insensitivity to the depth of his feelings, that Heinrich meets Henriette, the wife of a business acquaintance. Heinrich's subsequent offer to the beguiling young woman at first holds scant appeal, that is until Henriette discovers she is suffering from a terminal illness.

 

含苞待放的那天 Flora

★臺灣首映
★ 1997 盧卡諾影展
★ 1996 英國短片影展
★ 1996 科隆國際女性影展

芙蘿拉在房間試穿性感內衣，卻成為鄰居窺視的對象。舞蹈課時，她期待與心儀男子共舞，未料妹有意而郎無情。回到家，她更得面對失聰的母親與控制狂父親。百般挫折下，她再也壓抑不住想遠走高飛的欲望。潔西卡．賀斯樂在首部短片即大放異彩，透過青春成長物語顛覆觀眾習以為常的電影語言，也為首部長片《任性天使》塑立雛型。

Seventeen-year-old Flora lives with her parents in a small Austrian village. She enjoys going to a dancing school, though she usually sits by herself unasked to dance. In secret she romanticizes for Attila, a self-confident, goodlooking young man who also is a great dancer.