Ciné-Club Online Discussion: Mozart's Sister (Nannerl, la sœur de Mozart)

Thursday, July 16, 2020 From 6:00 PM To 6:40 PM Add to Calendar 2020-07-16 18:00:00 2020-07-16 18:40:00 Ciné-Club Online Discussion: Mozart's Sister (Nannerl, la sœur de Mozart) Let’s prolong the Fête de la Musique, bring us back to Bastille Day times, and reflect on the drama of being a talented musician girl in a society which is not ready to allow you to shine. Join Barbara for an online discussion after you watch - at your leisure - Nannerl, la Soeur de Mozart. Online Activity via Zoom America/New_York

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Let’s prolong the Fête de la Musique, bring us back to Bastille Day times, and reflect on the drama of being a talented musician girl in a society which is not ready to allow you to shine. Join Barbara for an online discussion after you watch - at your leisure - Nannerl, la Soeur de Mozart.

Mozart's Sister (Nannerl, la sœur de Mozart) is a 2010 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. Nannerl was five years older than Wolfgang, and a musical prodigy in her own right.

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Free event, registration required. Please watch the movie ahead of time. Discussion in French.

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Synopsis

Beginning in 1763, the film follows the Mozart family's exhausting life on the road, traveling by coach from one royal court to the next, where the nobility marvel at young Wolfgang's prodigious talent. But accomplished singer, harpsichordist, violinist Nannerl, Wolfgang's elder by five years, first held forth as the family's infant prodigy. As the film begins, she is still performing, though overshadowed and sidelined as accompanist by Wolfgang's growing fame. Her father bows to social strictures "for her own good," refusing to let her continue with the violin or compose, while privately conceding Nannerl's talent to his wife. No longer a precocious tot, Nannerl chafes at the limitations imposed by her gender and frets about her prospects.