Lillian (2019)

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Lillian is a 2019 Austrian drama film directed by Andreas Horvath. It was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the Camera d'Or.

Background

The film is inspired by the true story of Lillian Alling, an Eastern European immigrant to the United States who, in the 1920s, attempted a return by foot to her homeland. Starting in New York, she walked across the United States and Canada trying to cross the Bering Strait. Alling disappeared and to this day it is unknown if she ever reached Russia.

Horvath's fictionalized version of this story is set in present-day America and, according to the director, was shot without a script over the course of roughly nine months with a minimal team traveling from New York City to Anchorage, Alaska. Principal photography in North America took place in 2016, while the final chapter of the film was shot in 2015 on the Russian side of the Bering Strait, on the Chukchi Peninsula, in Eastern Siberia.

The film blends documentary and fiction elements. One episode interweaves the Native American uprising against the Dakota Access Pipeline at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation with the storyline.

The title role is played by Patrycja Planik, a Polish visual artist who had no previous acting experience.

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