CHRONICLE OF ANNA MAGDALENA BACH [Blu-ray]Using correspondences and texts written by Johann Sebastian Bach, and read by his wife, Anna Magdalena, filmmakers Jean Marie Straub and Danile Huillet have crafted one of the most precise, rewarding biopics ever put to screen. Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bachs intense emotional pull can be understood by its status as a musical film in the most thorough sense: its performancesextended sequences set within the very spaces once occupied by Bach himself,

Honigmann questions the owners in her characteristic way — respectfully and with genuine concern rooted in a deep trust — about what the animals mean to them

a humble shepherd

Premiering to rapturous reviews in Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes

he has made his living off his crime by writing novels

asks him to also find her former lover

His somewhat broad perception of his role brings him to navigate the high end ’establishment’ as well as shady venues where he mingles with the locals

and Alice Rohrwacher (Happy as Lazzaro)—set out to interview a cross-section of their nation’s youth about their hopes

) a short film by Joana Pimenta

A beautifully composed and magical documentary

These dramatized scenes are based on subjective versions of the story and offer conflicting views of the event

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