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On behalf of Music Box Films, you are cordially invited to attend a screening of MOZART'S SISTER, scheduled to open in New York and Los Angeles (at Laemmle's Royal Theatre) on Friday, August 19, followed by a national roll-out.
Written, directed and produced by René Féret, MOZART'S SISTER is a re-imagined account of the early life of Maria Anna "Nannerl" Mozart (played by Marie Féret, the director's daughter), five years older than Wolfgang (David Moreau) and a musical prodigy in her own right.
Originally the featured performer, Nannerl has given way to Wolfgang as the main attraction, as their strict but loving father Leopold (Marc Barbe) tours his talented offspring in front of the royal courts of pre-French revolution Europe. Approaching marriageable age and now forbidden to play the violin or compose, Nannerl chafes at the limitations imposed on her gender. But a friendship with the son and daughter of Louis XV offers her ways to challenge the established sexual and social order.
Writer-director-producer René Féret's body of work has been the recipient of many awards. His first film, "Histoire de Paul," won the prestigious French Critics Prize, the Prix Jean Vigo, and was followed by "La Communion Solennelle" which competed at the Cannes Film Festival in 1977. A true indie, MOZART'S SISTER was edited by Fabienne Féret, Mr. Féret's wife, with their son Julien serving as the assistant director, and their daughters Marie and Lisa, cast as Nannerl and the young Louise de France, Louis XV's youngest daughter, respectively.
The original soundtrack is by composer and pianist Marie-Jeanne Séréro, a prize-winning graduate of Paris' music conservatory (Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris). Ms. Séréro has arranged albums and orchestrated original film scores ("Caramel," "Fanfan la Tulipe"); presently, she composes for film, theatre, choreographic and lyric productions.
"René Féret's lively, fascinating costumer about Mozart's talented older sister Nannerl smartly incorporates just enough fiction to bring history into sharp focus. Feminist without the arrogance of 20-20 hindsight, vividly precise in its depiction of 18th-century pre-revolutionary France, alive with exuberantly thesped personages and awash in the joy and power of music... a stunner. A treat for classical music lovers and cinephiles alike." --- Variety
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