mt-title

In his semi-documentary about the dark sides of fashion world, Ulrich Seidl creates a new, controversial, docu-fiction hybrid. Ulrich Seidl claims he's merely presenting the truth. The film follows three second-rate MODELS in Vienna. Disco dancing by night, posing for catalogue photo shoots by day, the three try to live a life of glamour and shield themselves from the pressures of competition and sexist photographers by snorting coke and maintaining an attitude of studied superficialty.

Keywords

  • friendship
  • women

Actors

  • Vivian Bartsch
  • Tanja Petrovsky
  • Lisa Grossmann
  • Elvyra Geyer
  • Peter Baumann

Director

  • Ulrich Seidl

Documentary, Timeless


1h 57min


tous publics

GERMAN


FRENCH

Austria
1998
In his semi-documentary about the dark sides of fashion world, Ulrich Seidl creates a new, controversial, docu-fiction hybrid. Ulrich Seidl claims he's merely presenting the truth.

In his semi-documentary about the dark sides of fashion world, Ulrich Seidl creates a new, controversial, docu-fiction hybrid. Ulrich Seidl claims he's merely presenting the truth.


The film follows three second-rate MODELS in Vienna. Disco dancing by night, posing for catalogue photo shoots by day, the three try to live a life of glamour and shield themselves from the pressures of competition and sexist photographers by snorting coke and maintaining an attitude of studied superficialty.

Festivals

Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin

Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin

Diagonale

Diagonale

Berlinale - Forum

Berlinale - Forum

Cast & Crew

ulrich-seidl

Director

Ulrich Seidl

vivian-bartsch

Cast

Vivian Bartsch

tanja-petrovsky

Cast

Tanja Petrovsky

lisa-grossmann

Cast

Lisa Grossmann

elvyra-geyer

Cast

Elvyra Geyer

peter-baumann

Cast

Peter Baumann


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