This is one of the best movies of 2023: Is There a Conductor Cate Blanchett plays in Tar?

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Released in January 2023 and quickly rising to the top in the hearts of viewers and professionals alike, Tár is now available on myCANAL. In this feature film by Todd Field (Little Children), Cate Blanchett impresses as Lydia Tarr, a conductor who has nothing more to prove about her art and talent.

As the release of her book nears and she prepares for an anticipated gig, her life is about to fall apart in a matter of weeks, both mysteriously and brutally.

With a Volpe Trophy for Best Actress at the 2022 Venice Film Festival, a Golden Globe and a BAFTA for Best Actress in 2023, the actress here spreads the full extent of her acting palette in this complex and psychological role, captivating us as much as she questions us.

“He is a true autodidact, and he accomplished in one year, by making two more films, I repeat, more than Lydia Tarr would do in 25 years. Todd Field explains who he wrote his film for. Filming came, he didn’t sleep anymore. After a day’s work, he rushed to the piano, German, American accent, stick pressing, and beating lessons.“

Lydia Tarr: fiction or reality?

But then the question arises when we look at Tarr: does this passionate, adoring, authoritarian and toxic conductor character exist? Hailed the Maestra all over the world, the American Marin Aslop in any case found an echo between this portrait and his life.

“When I first heard about this movie at the end of August, I was shocked because I didn’t know about it. There are so many elements that match my lifeHe told the Sunday Times.

A similarity that did not satisfy him, he criticized the fact that “As a woman, as a leader, as a lesbian (…) if I had to talk about a woman in this role and act as an aggressor, it broke my heart..” If some did point to something in common between the two women, Cate Blanchett wanted to silence the rumors by denying any connection to reality.

“I did not base the character of Lydia Tarr on anyone in particular. I thought of the American essayist and activist Susan Sontag as a public intellectual as much as the composer Alma Mahler. This film is primarily an exploration of the corrupting nature of institutional power. It affects everyone, regardless of your sexual orientation or gender“- he explained in ClassicFM.

As soon as it finds its roots in reality, as born from the interviews between the director and several musicians who recount their experiences, Lydia Tarr will leave you speechless and haunt you in this feature film that never misses a single false note. For viewing and previewing on myCANAL without further delay.