Elfriede Jelinek's Debut Novel "Die Liebhaberinnen" Adapted for the Screen
A new film adaptation brings Elfriede Jelinek's debut novel "Die Liebhaberinnen" to the screen, translating its feminist critique of social systems into the present day. The Süddeutsche Zeitung review, headlined "Glaubst du, alle Männer sind Schweine?", notes that little has changed since the source material first appeared. The review is bylined Wokalek. The adaptation is framed as a contemporary reworking rather than a period piece, with the original's systemic critique carried into current conditions. The review's central observation is that the structures Jelinek described remain largely intact.
Key facts
- A new film adapts Elfriede Jelinek's debut novel "Die Liebhaberinnen"
- The adaptation relocates the novel's feminist systemic critique to the present
- The review appeared in the Süddeutsche Zeitung
- The review is bylined Wokalek
- The review's headline asks whether all men are pigs
- The reviewer concludes that little has changed since the novel's original context
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Artists
- Elfriede Jelinek
- Wokalek
Institutions
- Süddeutsche Zeitung