Everyone has heard of the classic musician and composer Wolfgang Mozart. What many of you may not know is that he had an equally talented older sister.
This is another one of those true stories that makes for fascinating viewing. We get to learn about a person from history we did not know about that was connected to a famous historical moment. It is a shame when it is done in a non fascinating way. As is typical the reason Nannerl cannot be successful is because she is a woman and her father thinks more highly of her younger brother Wolfgang. So she is is forced to dress as a man to get her work recognized. But there does not seem to be any threat of her being discovered. This is what is lacking from the film in general which is a sense of jeopardy in that situation and just a sense of passion. It is all well and good that we see these people playing beautiful music but we don't get any emotion behind the music. What drove them to write this music? Why do they like music in the first place? I know that there is the fact that Mozart senior is driving his kids towards music by dragging them all over the countryside to have them perform. The film lacks emotion as director Rene Feret seems more preoccupied with telling events rather than the emotion behind them.
Rene is also a bit narcissistic as he has cast most of his family in the film. As Nannerl, Marie Feret is rather bland. She shows very little emotion and while good at performing music, I did not feel the passion for the music. Marc Barbe is suitably mean as the tyrannical father. Proving that stage you can find stage parents all through history. Clovis Fouin is the only actor to show any real emotion in his performance. He is suitably smarmy as the Dauphin. David Moreau is an excellent young performer of music as the young Wolfgang.
Possibly a film for true music lovers who want to find out more about a little known person from musical history. Lacks the passion to make the film as great as the music you hear.
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