René Féret's French film Nannerl, la soeur de Mozart is elegant and refined; with richly exquisite costuming and detailing. 'A speculative account of Maria Anna 'Nannerl' Mozart (Marie Féret), five years older than Wolfgang (David Moreau) and a musical prodigy in her own right. Originally the featured performer, she 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 an alternative.'
Dreamy and wonderful, this film is a brilliant fictional account of the famous Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's family, with particular focus on his sister. The story-line is somewhat slow and languid, but is more than made-up-for by the beauty of the cinematography.
