Annette

Film - 2021

7,6

138.8K

Annette it's a movie with Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard, Simon Helberg, Rila Fukushima, Devyn McDowell Full cast. Directed by Leos Carax. Original title Annette, runtime 139 minutes. Genres Romance, Drama, Music.

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Paolo Bonini

"Not just a musical but pure poetry" "Annette" by Leos Carax is not just a musical film, but much more. Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard give us two very different acting performances, also due to the different situations that the two embody characters they interpret. That of the American actor turns out to be a more showman-like acting performance while that of the French actress is a more calm role as a sweet and involved lover and mother. Also worth highlighting is the skill of the singers, musicians and composers as well as the directorial ability to seal, create and freeze frames that seem like real tableaux vivants that give the film and the film something baroque and profoundly lyrical. The symbolic aspect of some images is also very interesting, especially the animal figures which express moods that are felt by the protagonists during specific and certain scenes. The peculiar, fitting and I would say focal image of the film is in my opinion Annette, the daughter of the character played by Marion Cotillard, who is born in the form of an android puppet, an aspect that will be fundamental and crucial for the unfolding of the cinematic plot. The music lightens the story of the film and the film in my opinion, as well as giving pathos to the situations in which the various characters find themselves trapped and in the environments in which they are forced to move. The musical aspect which is a constant throughout the film, devoid of dialogue and always sung, could give rise to the contradiction, not only of considering this work a musical but also of categorizing it with a so-called Blockbuster film, which in my opinion it is not Perhaps Leos Carax's most mature film, a factor determined by two hours of film which flow pleasantly, smoothly, usable and which provide visual and auditory pleasure, but above all by the last moving twenty minutes whose power Read all

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The story of Henry, a stand-up comedian with a fierce sense of humour and Ann, a singer of international renown. In the spotlight, they are the perfect couple, healthy, happy, and glamourous. The birth of their first child, Annette, a mysterious girl with an exceptional destiny, will change their lives.