Lou Andreas-Salomé, The Audacity to be Free (2016)

In the heart of 19th-century Europe, a woman of formidable intellect and audacious spirit emerged, forever altering the landscape of the era's most revered minds. This woman, Lou Andreas-Salomé, is the captivating centerpiece of Cordula Post-Kablutz's German film. Born in 1861, Salomé defied societal norms and restrictions, spurring both scandal and admiration in equal measure. As a published novelist, poet, and essayist, her unyielding pursuit of intellectual perfection ignited a spark in the hearts and minds of the epoch's greatest thinkers. Among those drawn into her orbit were the philosophical titan Friedrich Nietzsche, the introspective poet Rainer Maria Rilke—her lover, and the pioneering psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud. Under Freud's guidance, Salomé would etch her own mark in the annals of psychological science, becoming the first female psychoanalyst. The film unfolds as Salomé recounts her extraordinary life journey to Ernst Pfeiffer, painting a rich tapestry of a life lived in defiance of convention. Lou Andreas-Salomé, The Audacity to be Free, offers an engrossing exploration of a woman's daring pursuit of freedom and intellectual fulfilment against the backdrop of a society restrained by convention.

Lou Andreas-Salomé, The Audacity to be Free is a drama movie featuring Katharina Lorenz and directed by Cordula Kablitz-Post.

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