At 53 last May, Cate Blanchett continues to preserve her talent and her expressive power as if it were yesterday, and TÁR, the film that made her first win the Volpi Cup at the Venice Film Festival, then the Golden Globe and, probably, the Oscar, is the confirmation. Applauded and praised by critics around the world, Todd Field’s new film will finally see the light in Italy on February 9, in time to appreciate Blanchett’s incredible performance before the race for the Academy in which, needless to say, she is given as a favourite. Set in the international world of classical music, the film focuses on the figure of Lydia Tár, considered one of the greatest living composers and conductors as well as the first woman ever to conduct a major German orchestra.
Through an unassailable screenplay and a highly sought-after range of performances, TÁR intelligently explores the changing nature of power, its durability and impact on the modern world, with Lydia Tár first at the peak of her career, engaged both in the presentation of a book and in a highly anticipated live performance of Mahler’s Fifth Symphony, and then at the center of a controversy that swallowed her up to spit her out, with the accusation of an abuse by one of the members of the orchestra towards which Lydia manifests an attraction, and a series of deprivations that will lead her from being the most powerful woman in the sector to an outcast with whom it is better not to have anything to do.
In the face of this disintegration of authority and fame, TÁR offers a very bitter reflection not only on a disintegrating power, but also on its impact on today’s society, since it seems clear that today, in order to be taken seriously, a woman must at all costs occupy a position that allows her to be seen and, in part, envied. During the film’s press conference in Venice, Blanchett described TÁR as a film dedicated to an apparently strong woman who «is as if she has put her past in a box». «He tried to transform himself thanks to music, but then something happens: his life changes and he begins to see the world differently. The script is complex, it’s like a process, and the experience of making the film was a real process as well. It is a film full of explosive elements, but for me it is an existential film, a human portrait». The film will be released on February 9, 2023 in Italian cinemas distributed by Universal Pictures International Italy.
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