Basic Info
Title:
Mozart's Sister
Genre:
Biography, Drama, Music
Country:
France
Language:
French
Running
time: 120 minutes
Release
date: 10 June 2010
Staff
Director:
René Féret
Producer:
René Féret, Fabienne Féret
Written
by: René Féret
Music:
Marie-Jeanne Serrero
Cinematography:
Benjamín Echazarreta
Edited
by: Fabienne Féret
Cast
Marie Féret as Nannerl Mozart
Marc Barbé as Leopold Mozart
Delphine Chuillot as Anna Maria
Mozart
David Moreau as Wolfgang Mozart
Summary
“Mozart's Sister” is a
2010 French drama film written and directed by René Féret, featuring his two
daughters. The film tells a fictional story of the early life of Maria Anna
Mozart, nicknamed "Nannerl," who was the sister of Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart and his only sibling who survived infancy.
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| Maria Anna Mozart |
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| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
Plot
Leopold Mozart and his wife Anna Maria and their musically talented children Maria Anna (Nannerl) and Wolfgang Amadeus took a journey through Western Europe from 1763 to 1766 (Mozart family grand tour).
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| Leopold, Wolfgang, and Nannerl, Louis Carrogis Carmontelle (c. 1763–64) |
During the tour, a cracked carriage axle forces Leopold Mozart family to seek refuge in the nearby Fontevraud Abbey.
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| Fontevraud Abbey |
There, Nannerl made a friendship with 13-year-old Princess Louise of France, who was growing up in the Abbey. Then it leads the encounter between her brother, Louis, Dauphin of France and Nannerl at Versailles.
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| Louise of France (1737–1787) |
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| Louis, Dauphin of France (son of Louis XV) |
Nannerl, a brilliant harpsichord player and singer who supports her
family’s playing, wants to compose music and play violin, but her father,
Leopold forbids it. The Prince Dauphin, a young but recently widowed, takes
interest in her and her music, but breaks off the relationship when he becomes
engaged to Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony (Continue).
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| Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony |
Movie
Review
“Wonderful film capturing
a heartbreakingly unfulfilled talent”
“Lovely graceful film,
excellent acting”
“An appropriate use of the
movie medium”
“Beautiful”
“Excellent history of
music”
“Highly recommended”
Thank you.
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