Kino Aurora: Siri Hustvedt – Dance Around the Self

Age limit: 12. Running time: 1 h 50 min. Genre: documentary. Year of completion: 2026. Director: Sabine Lidl. Language: English. Subtitles: Finnish.

Siri Hustvedt leaves behind her youth in Minnesota to begin a new life in New York, where the search for the protagonist of her debut novel becomes the starting point of a literary journey. DANCE AROUND THE SELF portrays her path to becoming one of the most significant writers of our time. The journey is marked by the work of writing, feminist ideas and an unquenchable curiosity about the human inner self. In this personal portrait, Hustvedt also recalls her life with her husband, Paul Auster. The German Film Academy named DANCE AROUND THE SELF the best documentary film of the year.