MOZART’S SISTER
Friday, November 11th at Noon, Click Here to Buy Tickets
Co-Presented by Alliance Francaise of Tucson, Tucson Symphony Orchestra, and The University of Arizona Department of Gender and Women’s Studies
TUCSON PREMIERE
“Féret paints a speculative, intimate portrait of a family bound by love, genius and ambition and almost undone by the same.” – Manohla Dargis, THE NEW YORK TIMES
MOZART’S SISTER is a re-imagined account of the early life of Maria Anna “Nannerl” Mozart, five years older than her brother Wolfgang, and a talented musician and composer in her own right. Originally the featured performer in the family, Nannerl eventually gave way to Wolfgang as the main attraction, as their strict but loving father Leopold toured his talented offspring in front of the royal courts of pre-French Revolution Europe. Director René Féret follows Nannerl’s story from the early oppressive influence of her father, who forbade her from learning composition or playing the violin because of her fragile femininity, through her efforts to find true love with the Dauphin of Paris and the desperate measures she must employ in order to realize her own artistic potential. A heartbreakingly beautiful story of a young girl’s attempt to emerge from her prodigious brother’s shadow while simultaneously challenging the sexual and social order of her time, MOZART’S SISTER combines moving drama with a wonderful soundtrack showcasing the Mozart family music–though Nannerl’s original compositions have been lost.
(Directed by René Féret, FRANCE, 2010, 120 mins, NR) 35mm
