This revisionist account of Mozart's early life reclaims one of history's lost women. If only the film weren't so turgidRené Féret's earnest and ponderously acted movie is partly a feminist reclaiming of one of history's lost women, and also a revisionist, speculative account of Mozart's early life that is not so far away from Milos Forman's Amadeus. It has a seriousness that commands attention, and a very believable sense of the hardship and bitterness Mozart Sr put his family through. It is ...
Guardian Music — This revisionist account of Mozart's early life reclaims one of history's lost women. If only the film weren't so turgidRené Féret's earnest and ponderously acted movie... more info