Bloody Daughter
PRODUCTION TEAM:
PRODUCTION: PIERRE-OLIVIER BARDET, LUC PETER
CINEMATOGRAPHY: STÉPHANIE ARGERICH, LUC PETER
EDITING: VINCENT PLUSS
SOUND: MARC VON STRÜLER
EDITING: VINCENT PLUSS
SOUND: MARC VON STRÜLER
LANGUAGE: FRENCH, ENGLISH
SUBTITLES: FRENCH, ENGLISH
SUBTITLES: FRENCH, ENGLISH
COUNTRY: FRANCE, SWITZERLAND
YEAR: 2012
RUNTIME: 96 MIN
RUNTIME: 96 MIN
CONTACT: PRODUCTION NATHALIE MULLER, IDÉALE AUDIENCE, MULLER@IDEALE-AUDIENCE.FR
RIDM OFFICIAL FILM SYNOPSIS:
"At the age of 8, pianist Martha Argerich performed Mozart and Beethoven concertos for the public. At 16, she won the most prestigious music competitions. Today, some consider her the greatest living pianist. What’s it like to be the daughter of a goddess? The youngest of Martha’s daughters, Stéphanie Argerich (from Martha’s third marriage, with Stephen Kovacevich, another great classical pianist), directed this intimate portrait of her mother and the Argerich clan. It isn’t easy to find your place in a family full of great talents, nor to reconcile motherhood and artistic passion. This insider’s portrait of an unusual artist, who has always carefully guarded her privacy, is not uniformly happy, but it is always deeply moving."
The film is a sensitive portrayal of the renown pianist Martha Algeritch made by her youngest daughter Stephanie Algerich. Martha Algerich comes across as a real person with personal vulnerabilities and peculiarities, rather than a distant stage persona we have seen at concerts or on posters and other promotional materials. It is amazing that she actually agreed to be seen publicly on the screen at her intimate moments such when waking up in her bed or having a stage fright just before a concert. This creates a really interesting narrative, through which one discovers the personality of this extremely talented Diva, and learns how rather unassuming and simple she is in real life.
The film does not attempt to focus on or explain the scope of the talent and power of Martha Algerich's art as a pianist. It rather explores the family relationships and situations and lets the viewer to discovers the real Martha Algerich through family dynamic, especially through her interaction with her three daughters, each a result of a different relationship or marriages. Every daughter is given a chance to express her personal perception of her famous mother, allowing the real Martha Algerich portrait to come alive. Yet the film is mainly about the relationship Stephanie Algerich, the creator of the film, has with her mother and also with her father Stephen Kovacevich, the last husband of Martha Algerich and also a remarkable concert pianist.
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