Mozart's Sister (Nannerl, La Soeur de Mozart)

Mozart's Sister, a French film, has been on my Amazon Prime watchlist for a long time because I always seem to select another movie for the night. Well, last night I watched Mozart's Sister and I am glad that I did. It is an entertaining film that shows the realities of the Mozart family. It stars Marie Féret, Marc Barbé, and Delphine Chuillot.

Mozart's Sister is the story of Maria Anna "Nannerl" Mozart. Forced by their father, Leopold, to tour under hellish circumstances, young Wolfgang and Nannerl traverse Europe year-round, performing recitals for aristocrats who often stiff them. But the real humiliation occurs when teenage Nannerl, forbidden by her father from writing her own music, is reduced to accompanist for her baby brother. At that time women simply are not composers or serious musicians. Her father's edict sets the course for Nannerl's bitter life, most of which is told at the end of the movie.

An important subplot of this movie is Nannerl's meeting and friendship of a young princess-turned-nun, Louise de France, who asks Nannerl to carry a letter to her love, a tortured, married young nobleman who lives in Versailles with her brother, Le Dauphin. This requires Nannerl to cross-dress so they can meet Le Dauphin without arousing suspicion. As you would expect the Le Dauphin discovers she is girl and falls in love with her.

I think this is a good film, and I recommend it.