Marie Féret,
Marc Barbé,
Delphine Chuillot,
David Moreau,
Marce Barbé
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A speculative account of Maria Anna "Nannerl" Mozart (Marie Feret), five years older than Wolfgang (David Moreau) and a musical prodigy in her own right. Originally the featured performer, she has giv... read more
DVD Release Date: February 14, 2012
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September 25, 2011I loved every minute of this romantic portrayal of one history's lesser-known geniuses. The film poses lots of questions about the origin of talent; the will to fight in its defense; and the way your talent is perceived because of your gender. A great performance by capable youth... read more
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May 11, 2012I really enjoyed the movie, though it was a bit slow and inactive at times. There's a lot of creative license taken to tell this story, but it was as heartbreaking and tragic as Nannerl's real life could have been.
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March 9, 2012ThomasJayWilliamsA re-imagined account of the early life of Maria Anna "Nannerl" Mozart, the slightly older sister of the prodigous musician, Wolfgang Amadeus ... and a contemplative look at the role of women. European in feel (it is French), the film is beautiful to look at and the score is as ... read more
Critic Reviews
November 4, 2011
Stephanie Merry, Washington Post
November 3, 2011
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
The music, of course, resonates. And so does this exquisite heartbreaker of a story. Full Review
October 6, 2011
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
An alternately rapturous and frustrating experience. Full Review
September 30, 2011
Tom Long, Detroit News
This is a sad story in rich surroundings that makes you wonder how many women of genius were left behind. Full Review
September 15, 2011
Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle
Nannerl is an intelligent and appealing girl who wages a dignified struggle against what turns out to be insurmountable barriers. Full Review
September 8, 2011
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The movie is an uncommonly knowledgeable portrait of the way musical gifts could lift people of ordinary backgrounds into high circles. Full Review
August 20, 2011
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
As speculative storytelling goes, Mozart's Sister is ingenious but as moviemaking it's plodding. Full Review
August 19, 2011
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
Most memorable is the intriguing peek at frustrations that might have beset the real Nannerl, whose life was defined as much by sacrifice as by art. Full Review
August 19, 2011
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
The object isn't to stir you into what-if feminist outrage so much as to let a culturally magnificent era's societal inequalities act as a dissonant countermelody to a famous artist's biography. Full Review
August 19, 2011
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
The cast is excellent, be they relatives of the director or not. And the music, though not by a Mozart, is beautiful. Full Review
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