Mozart's Sister - review

While this film about Mozart’s talented older sister, a child prodigy like her brother, is hardly Amadeus, the acting, costumes, location work and production values are in the same quality bracket. Only René Féret’s rather unimaginative direction prevents a direct comparison with Milos Forman’s great success.

Marie Féret (the director’s daughter) plays Nannerl Mozart excellently and his plot tinkers with history in much the same way as Forman did. Marie-Jeanne Serero’s pastiche score is clever and the Versailles setting is as awe-inspiring as the thought that, had she not been a woman, Nanneri might well have been as famous as her brother.