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Wikipedia article




'Mozart's Sister' (French title: 'Nannerl, la sur de Mozart') is a 2010 French drama film written and directed by Ren Fret, 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.

Plot



During the Mozart family grand tour, a cracked carriage axle forces Leopold Mozart, his wife Anna, 14-year-old Nannerl and a rambunctious 11-year-old Wolfgang to seek shelter in the nearby Fontevraud Abbey. 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 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. 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. 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 Barb as Leopold Mozart

* as Anna Maria Mozart

* as Wolfgang Mozart

* as Le Dauphin

* Lisa Fret as Louise de France

* Adle Leprtre as Victoire de France

* Dominique Marcas as Abbess

* Salom Stvenin 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. On Metacritic, 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




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