Mozart's Sister (film)

Mozart's Sister
Directed by	René Féret
Produced by	René Féret Fabienne Féret
Written by	René Féret
Starring	Marie Féret
Music by	Marie-Jeanne Serrero
Cinematography	Benjamín Echazarreta
Editing by	Fabienne Féret
Studio	Les Films Alyne
Distributed by	JML Productions (France) Music Box Films (US)
Release date(s)	10 June 2010 (2010-06-10) (France)
Running time	120 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Budget	$4.5 million[1] (€3.4 million)
Box office	$427,900[1]

Mozart's Sister (French title: Nannerl, la sœur de Mozart) is a 2010 French drama film written and directed by René Féret and starring two of his daughters. It presents a fictional account of the early life of Maria Anna Mozart, nicknamed Nannerl, who was the sister of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his only sibling to survive infancy.

Plot

During the Mozart family grand tour, a cracked carriage axle forces Leopold Mozart, his wife Anna, 14-year old Nannerl and a rambunctious 11-year old Wolfgang to seek shelter in the nearby Abbey of Fontevraud. There Nannerl develops a friendship with 13-year old Princess Louise Marie of France, who is being brought up in the Abbey, along with two of her sisters. This leads to an encounter at Versailles with her brother, Louis, Dauphin of France. Nannerl, an accomplished harpsichordist and singer who helps support the family as part of a brother - sister act, yearns to compose music and play violin, but her father, Leopold, forbids it. The young, but recently widowed Dauphin takes an interest in her and her music that edges toward romance. But he breaks off the relationship when he becomes engaged to Maria Josepha of Saxony. Princess Louise enters a convent and urges Nannerl to stay away from the Dauphin who is struggling to avoid the debauchery of his father, King Louis XV. A bizzare final encounter with the Dauphin and his new wife ensues. Nannerl and Princess Louise reflect on how their fates would have differed had they been born male.

Cast

• Marie Féret as Nannerl Mozart
• Marc Barbé as Leopold Mozart
• Delphine Chuillot as Anna Maria Mozart
• David Moreau as Wolfgang Mozart
• Clovis Fouin as Le Dauphin
• Lisa Féret as Louise de France
• Adèle Leprêtre as Victoire de France

Reception

Mozart's Sister received mixed to positive reviews, currently holding a 76% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.^[2] On Metacritic, which uses an average of critics' reviews, the film has 71/100, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[3]

See also

• Nannerl Notenbuch
• Cross-dressing in film and television

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Mozart's Sister at Box Office Mojo
2. ^ Mozart's Sister at Rotten Tomatoes
3. ^ Mozart's Sister at Metacritic

External links

• Official website (France)
• Official website (US)
• Mozart's Sister at the Internet Movie Database
• Mozart's Sister at AllRovi