Obsessed with Light (2023): Besetzung, Handlung & Streaming

Released in 2023, Obsessed with Light is a dokumentarfilm film directed by Zeva Oelbaum, running about 90 minutes.

What it’s about. Loïe Fuller, stage name of Marie Louise Fuller: the American actress and dancer trained in burlesque, circuses and variety shows who, in the 1890s, signed by the Folies Bergère of Paris, became a star. She was portrayed by Toulouse-Lautrec, loved by the symbolists, the inspiration for Art Nouveau, in her shows she combined dance, spirals of fabric and light, reflected from behind or from below through the glass floor that she had created. She transformed into the "Fairy of Light", was taken up (especially in her Serpentine Dance) by Georges Méliès and Alice Guy and influenced René Clair's early films.

Who’s in it. Obsessed with Light stars Cherry Jones as Loïe Fuller (voice).

How it landed. With an audience score of 8.0/10, Obsessed with Light sits among the best-reviewed titles in the catalogue.

Where to watch. In USA you can stream it on Film Movement Plus and Film Movement Plus Amazon Channel and rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies and YouTube. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Obsessed with Light page.

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