Director Christina Tournatzés knew “almost instantly” that Elise Krieps, the daughter of lauded “Phantom Thread” actor Vicky Krieps, was the right choice to lead her searing examination of trauma, “Karla.” The film, playing as part of the prestigious Ingmar Bergman competition at the Göteborg Film Festival, heavily relied on the breakout performance of then 12-year-old Krieps as the titular character.
With world sales handled by Playmaker Munich, Tournatzés’s feature debut is inspired by the real-life story of a young girl in Munich who, in 1962, took her father to court for sexual abuse. The director first learned about the story from the author of a comprehensive book on the case, who was close to the real Karla. Speaking with Variety ahead of the film’s screening in Göteborg, Tournatzés says the personal aspect made it “challenging” to tackle the story at first.
“Quickly, it became personal to me as well,…
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