140 mins |
Rated
R16 (Violence, nudity, sex scenes & offensive language)
Directed by Leos Carax
Starring Jeff Tremaine, Simon Helberg, Rebecca Dyson-Smith, Kait Tenison, Latoya Rafaela, Marion Cotillard
Los Angeles, today. Henry (Adam Driver) is a stand-up comedian with a fierce sense of humor who falls in love with Ann (Marion Cotillard), a world-renowned opera singer. Under the spotlight, they form a passionate and glamorous couple. The birth of their first child, Annette, a mysterious little girl with an exceptional destiny, will turn their lives upside down. A film by visionary director Leos Carax (Holy Motors), with Story & music by Ron & Russel Mael of The Sparks, this original musical is journey of passion, love & fame.
NOTE: (For the full effect, stay through the end credits.)
Critical Acclaim
Annette is an extravagantly ridiculous affair, a pop opera (like Ken Russell’s Tommy, with a touch of Julien Temple’s The Great Rock’n’Roll Swindle), shot through with the wry humour that has always characterised the Mael brothers’ music. Yet at the heart of its swirling strangeness lies something of real truth and beauty that left me unexpectedly crying at the sight of a marionette levitating above a vast crowd, operatically warbling her fairytale lament." -Mark Kermode -(Guardian)
"The final scene of King Vidor's 1928 masterpiece "The Crowd" takes place in a movie theatre, where a huge audience rocks with laughter. The camera sweeps over the crowd, faster and faster, pulling farther and farther back, until the crowd becomes abstract, and the laughter almost grotesque from the God's-eye view. Carax has incorporated that scene before in his films, and it shows up here too. It's a potent symbol for Carax and a perfect encapsulation of his interest in the tensions between audience and artist, between the artist and the world, of humanity's need for escape, and how imperfect escape can be. The truth is sometimes unbearable. All you can do is laugh.- Shelley O'Malley ( Roger Ebert.com)
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Los Angeles, today. Henry (Adam Driver) is a stand-up comedian with a fierce sense of humor who falls in love with Ann (Marion Cotillard), a world-renowned opera singer. Under the spotlight, they form a passionate and glamorous couple. The birth of their first child, Annette, a mysterious little girl with an exceptional destiny, will turn their lives upside down. A film by visionary director Leos Carax (Holy Motors), with Story & music by Ron & Russel Mael of The Sparks, this original musical is journey of passion, love & fame.
NOTE: (For the full effect, stay through the end credits.)
Critical Acclaim
Annette is an extravagantly ridiculous affair, a pop opera (like Ken Russell’s Tommy, with a touch of Julien Temple’s The Great Rock’n’Roll Swindle), shot through with the wry humour that has always characterised the Mael brothers’ music. Yet at the heart of its swirling strangeness lies something of real truth and beauty that left me unexpectedly crying at the sight of a marionette levitating above a vast crowd, operatically warbling her fairytale lament." -Mark Kermode -(Guardian)
"The final scene of King Vidor's 1928 masterpiece "The Crowd" takes place in a movie theatre, where a huge audience rocks with laughter. The camera sweeps over the crowd, faster and faster, pulling farther and farther back, until the crowd becomes abstract, and the laughter almost grotesque from the God's-eye view. Carax has incorporated that scene before in his films, and it shows up here too. It's a potent symbol for Carax and a perfect encapsulation of his interest in the tensions between audience and artist, between the artist and the world, of humanity's need for escape, and how imperfect escape can be. The truth is sometimes unbearable. All you can do is laugh.- Shelley O'Malley ( Roger Ebert.com)
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