''Mozart's Sister'' (French title: ''Nannerl, la sœur de Mozart'') is a 2010 French

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

written and directed by

René Féret René Féret (26 May 1945 – 28 April 2015) was a French actor, screenwriter, film director and producer.Maria Anna Mozart Maria Anna Walburga Ignatia "Marianne" Mozart (30 July 1751 – 29 October 1829), nicknamed Nannerl, was a highly regarded musician from Salzburg, Austria. In her childhood, she developed into an outstanding keyboard player under the tutelage ...

, nicknamed Nannerl, who was the sister of

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition and proficiency from an early age ...

and his only sibling to survive infancy.

Plot

During the

Mozart family grand tour The Mozart family grand tour was a journey through western Europe, undertaken by Leopold Mozart, his wife Anna Maria Mozart, Anna Maria, and their children Maria Anna Mozart, Maria Anna (Nannerl) and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Wolfgang Theophilus ...

, a cracked carriage axle forces

Leopold Mozart Johann Georg Leopold Mozart (November 14, 1719 – May 28, 1787) was a German composer, violinist, and music theorist. He is best known today as the father and teacher of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and for his violin textbook ''Versuch einer grün ...

, his wife

Anna Anna may refer to: People Surname and given name * Anna (name) Mononym * Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke * Anna of East Anglia, King (died c.654) * Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773) * Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th c ...

, 14-year-old Nannerl and a rambunctious 11-year-old Wolfgang to seek shelter in the nearby

Fontevraud Abbey The Royal Abbey of Our Lady of Fontevraud or Fontevrault (in French: ''abbaye de Fontevraud'') was a monastery in the village of Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, near Chinon, in the former French Duchy of Anjou. It was founded in 1101 by the itinerant preach ...

. There Nannerl develops a friendship with 13-year-old Princess Louise of France, who is being brought up in the Abbey, along with two of her sisters. This leads to an encounter at

Versailles The Palace of Versailles ( ; ) is a former royal residence commissioned by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, Yvelines, Versailles, about west of Paris, in the Yvelines, Yvelines Department of Île-de-France, Île-de-France region in Franc ...

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, Dauphine of France Maria Josepha of Saxony (Maria Josepha Karolina Eleonore Franziska Xaveria; 4 November 1731 - 13 March 1767) was Dauphine of France through her marriage to Louis, Dauphin of France (1729-1765), Louis, the son and heir of Louis XV. Marie Josèphe ...

. 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 Louis XV (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774), known as Louis the Beloved (), was King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774. He succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five. Until he reached maturity (then defi ...

. A bizarre 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

* as Nannerl Mozart * Marc Barbé as

* as

Anna Maria Mozart Anna Maria Walburga Mozart (Married and maiden names, née Pertl; 25 December 1720 – 3 July 1778) was the mother of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Maria Anna Mozart. Life Youth Anna Maria was born in St. Gilgen, Archbishopric of Salzburg, to E ...

* as

Wolfgang Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition and proficiency from an early age ...

* as

Le Dauphin Le Dauphin was a French auto maker established in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris by André L. Dauphin. The company first presented a small two-seater cyclecar in the spring of 1941; production ended in 1942. The car was an open-roof cyclecar wit ...

* Lisa Féret as

Louise de France Louise of France, Discalced Carmelites, OCD (Louise-Marie; 15 July 1737 – 23 December 1787) was a French people, French princess and Discalced Carmelite, the youngest of the ten children of King Louis XV and Queen Maria Leszczyńska. She ...

* Adèle Leprêtre as Victoire de France * Dominique Marcas as Abbess *

Salomé Stévenin Salomé Stévenin (born 29 January 1985) is a French actress. She began her acting career at the age of 3 when she appeared alongside her father in the film '' Peaux des Vaches'' ("Thick Skinned") in 1989. Her recent appearances include the 20 ...

as Isabelle d'Aubusson * Nicolas Giraud as Master of Music at Versailles

Reception

''Mozart's Sister'' received generally positive reviews, holding a 75% rating on

Rotten Tomatoes Rotten Tomatoes is an American review aggregator, review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Senh Duong, Patrick Y. Lee ...

. On

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, which uses an average of critics' reviews, the film has 71/100, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Home video

In the United States, ''Mozart's Sister'' was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc by Music Box Films. Each DVD and Blu-ray Disc includes a music CD with the film's soundtrack, composed by Marie-Jeanna Serero. The music CD's tracks are: #Le Voyage #Louise de France #Concert a l'abbaye #Le livre maudit #Tendresse #Le Violon du Dauphin #Le Do Magique #Versailles #Le Voyage #La Gifle #Chant Versailles #Improvisation #Dauphin Lettre 1 #La Mer #Nannerl compose #Concert Nannerl – 1st movement #Concert Nannerl – 2nd movement #Concert Nannerl – 3rd movement #Dauphin Lettre 2 #Comptine Leopold #Le Catafalque #Dernier repas #Nannerl brule ses partitions #Generique de fin

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mozart's Sister 2010 films 2010 biographical drama films Films directed by René Féret 2010s French-language films Films about classical music and musicians Films set in France Films set in the 1760s Films shot in France French independent films French biographical drama films Films about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 2010 drama films 2010 independent films 2010s French films