Siri Hustvedt - Dance Around the Self

Young, curious and restless, Siri Hustvedt leaves the wide, quiet plains of Minnesota and plunges into the pulse of New York City. Searching for the protagonist of her first novel, she embarks on a journey that turns her into not just a writer, but one of the most important voices in contemporary American literature. The film reaches beyond Hustvedt herself to tell the stories of women who pursue their art with courage and conviction. As Siri Hustvedt and her husband Paul Auster reflect on language, identity and the power of words, life intervenes: Paul falls gravely ill.

In "Siri Hustvedt - Dance Around the Self", director Sabine Lidl captures Hustvedt's singular way of living and thinking, weaving her literary work together with the great themes of human life: love and loss.

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