Rene Feret’s vivacious costume drama about Mozart’s talented older sister Nannerl is a vivid depiction of 18th-century pre-revolutionary France and it’s now playing at Cinemax Kingscliff.
Alive with exuberantly performed characters and bursting with the joy and power of music, this film is a stunner.
Accomplished singer, harpsi-chordist and violinist, Nannerl is Wolfgang’s elder by five years.
Originally held up as the family’s child prodigy, she has now taken a back step to her younger brother, in line with the social conventions which dictate that the violin is a man’s province, and composing is beyond a woman’s feeble brain.
Frustrated by the limitations placed on her, Nannerl discovers romance through the Dauphin (Clovis Fouin) who nurtures Nannerl’s fantasies of acceptance both as a musician and a woman.
A treat for music lovers and cinephiles alike, the beautifully shot film (the filmmakers were allowed to shoot in Versailles) is further enhanced by stunning set design, costumes and Marie-Jeanne Serero’s musical composition that lushly envelops the film.
