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  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Music Box Films
  • 2 h
  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Music Box Films
  • 2 h

Summary Written, directed and produced by René Féret, Mozart's Sister is a re-imagined account of the early life of Maria Anna “Nannerl” Mozart, five years older than Wolfgang and a musical prodigy in her own right. Originally the featured performer, Nannerl has given way to Wolfgang as the main attraction, as their strict but loving father Leop...

  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Music Box Films
  • 2 h
  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Music Box Films
  • 2 h

Mozart's Sister

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
71
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
6.3
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Summary Written, directed and produced by René Féret, Mozart's Sister is a re-imagined account of the early life of Maria Anna “Nannerl” Mozart, five years older than Wolfgang and a musical prodigy in her own right. Originally the featured performer, Nannerl has given way to Wolfgang as the main attraction, as their strict but loving father Leop...

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
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86% Positive
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90
Aug 18, 2011
A handsome and achingly sad period piece, a finely observed portrait of cast-aside dreams. The drama is quieter and more chaste than the similarly themed "Camille Claudel," but no less haunting.
By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW
83
Aug 16, 2011
For everything that Mozart's Sister imagines, it leaves much more up to imagination.
By Eric Kohn FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
6.3
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29% Mixed
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14% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
6.3
57% Positive
4 Ratings
29% Mixed
2 Ratings
14% Negative
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75
Sep 15, 2011
The film perhaps shines brightest when it depicts two telling relationships Nannerl has outside her family. The first is with Louis XV's 13-year-old daughter, Louise...The other relationship is with Louise's troubled brother, the dauphin.
By Walter Addiego FULL REVIEW
70
Sep 8, 2011
The injustice of the girl's thwarted career goes only so far, though Feret pushes it in some interesting directions.
By J.R. Jones FULL REVIEW
70
Aug 16, 2011
These subplots hint at what could have been, nudging the film toward biting rather than obvious commentary on the intersections of gender, sexuality, and creativity, and the costs of thwarting expression of any of them. But Féret barely explores this, and the film suffers for it.
By Ernest Hardy FULL REVIEW
63
Aug 15, 2011
Mozart's Sister is too often just one more rehashing of the "Aw, didn't women have it tough then" thematic that never forces the viewer to acknowledge that maybe they haven't got it as great as we'd like to think today.
By Andrew Schenker FULL REVIEW
50
Aug 20, 2011
As speculative storytelling goes, Mozart's Sister is ingenious but as moviemaking it's plodding.
By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Les Films Alyne, La Région Île-de-France, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Région Limousin
Release Date Aug 19, 2011
Duration 2 h
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.musicboxfilms.com/mozarts-sister
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Awards

Las Palmas Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Satellite Awards
• 3 Nominations
Chicago International Film Festival
• 2 Nominations

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