Mozart's Sister

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Mozart's Sister

Released Aug 19, 2011

2h 0m

Drama

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Nannerl Mozart, Wolfgang's older sister, was a musical prodigy until her brother's talent overshadowed her own abilities as a composer and harpsichordist.

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Chris Chang

Film Comment Magazine

Romantic and engaging-with lush musical detail throughout-this most enjoyable film is, in the end, a thoroughly demoralizing tale of female oppression.

Jun 17, 2013

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

The exchanges between Louise and Nannerl are sometimes laborious, even stilted. Making the casting of these two characters a family affair was probably not the best idea.

Rated: 2/5

Apr 12, 2012

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Antonia Quirke

Financial Times

You feel the Mozart of Peter Schaffer's Amadeus could easily have emerged from this squabbling, loving, pressurised unit.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 12, 2012

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Jack Fleischer

Battleship Pretension

They play fast and lose with the truth, when the truth could have been much more interesting.

Mar 24, 2021

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Jason Best

Movie Talk

Féret plucks hints and whispers from the historical record, adjusts other details and invents the rest to weave his fictional story.

Dec 6, 2020

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Daniel Green

CineVue

Despite its initial potential, Mozart's Sister fails to rouse, partly due to its unfortunately meagre budget and also the humdrum screenplay

Rated: 2/5

Jan 5, 2019

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good costume drama although it seems they took license with the timeline

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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With sumptuous locations and costumes, the restrained performances present a powerful tale of gender inequality and quiet injustice. "Nannerl, la soeur de Mozart" is well worth watching.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Audience Member

Visually pleasing and ah all that music. I thought some actors' acting was so so. Story wise: not 100% correct historically, but they had to create drama and modify the events a bit for the story's sake. No one died and yet the ending was sad in that sort of "shrug, that's life" way. As they presented the same point as many historical films might show: it was tough for women, women had to stick to their own roles. Even if they had talents for the arts, it was not their field, face mockery or stay in the kitchen.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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"What if" she was given the chance? She may have been the greatest composer we ever knew.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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beautifully done. truly enjoyed the story line and music!!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Elegant, delicate and melancholic film about Nannerl, Mozart's sister. Sometimes the silence of women makes noise.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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René Féret

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Marc Barbé

Léopold Mozart

Delphine Chuillot

Anna-Maria Mozart

David Moreau

Wolfgang Mozart

Dominique Marcas

La mère abbesse

Mona Heftre

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Synopsis

Nannerl Mozart, Wolfgang's older sister, was a musical prodigy until her brother's talent overshadowed her own abilities as a composer and harpsichordist.

Director: René Féret
Producer: René Féret, Fabienne Camara
Screenwriter: René Féret, René Féret
Distributor: Music Box Films
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Canadian French
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 19, 2011, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 13, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $705.3K
Runtime: 2h 0m

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