Madame Sousatzka
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Madame Sousatzka |
| Original title | Madame Sousatzka |
| Country of production | USA , UK |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1988 |
| length | 121 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | John Schlesinger |
| script | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala , John Schlesinger |
| production | Robin Dalton |
| music | Gerald Gouriet |
| camera | Nat Crosby |
| cut | Peter Honess |
| occupation | |
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Madame Sousatzka is an American - British film drama directed by John Schlesinger from 1988 . The script is based on a novel by Bernice Rubens .
action
The Indian immigrant Sushila Sen lives with her 15-year-old son Manek in London and makes her way as a cook of Indian dishes for various clients.
Manek is musically gifted. He attends piano lessons from Yuvline Sousatzka of Russian origin, with whom he befriends. Sousatzka has never managed to build a career as a pianist because she failed at her first big performance. So she fears the same thing might happen to Manek and turns down an agent's offer.
Later, Sousatzka and Sushila compete for the boy's attention. Sushila loses her job, after which Manek is forced to earn money playing the piano. He accepts the agent's offer and plays in a concert that is broadcast on the radio. Although he is wrong at one point and skips a few bars, he has great success. He now breaks free from the clutches of his teacher and begins training at a conservatory. For her part, Sousatzka can let go of him and has a new student again.
Reviews
Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times of October 14, 1988 that the film was "an extraordinary film that loves the music and the people it tells about." He addresses discipline, patience, love and music. It is interesting that MacLaine purposely looks older than she is.
Cinema magazine wrote that the film was "a touching drama with a great MacLaine".
“An old-fashioned, morbid chamber play that concentrates entirely on the complex network of relationships between the people, but also only partially exhausts conflict factors such as the encounter between different cultures. The focus is of course on the brilliant character study with which star actress Shirley MacLaine explores a new role subject. "
Awards
Shirley MacLaine won in 1989 as Best Actress - Drama the Golden Globe Award , which she with Jodie Foster ( The Accused ) and Sigourney Weaver ( Gorillas in the Mist shared). The British conductor Christopher Adey conducted the London Symphony Orchestra when the film was recorded; Gerald Gouriet was nominated for the best film music for the Golden Globe Award.
Shirley MacLaine won the Coppa Volpi at the Venice International Film Festival in 1988 . In 1989 Robin Dalton took second place in the competition for the Wise Owl Award from the US Retirement Research Foundation . Peggy Ashcroft was nominated for the BAFTA Award in 1990.
The German Film and Media Assessment FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the rating particularly valuable.
background
The film had its world premiere on September 17, 1988 at the Toronto International Film Festival . He played about 3.5 million in the cinemas of the United States dollar one.
Web links
- Madame Sousatzka in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Madame Sousatzka at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Review by Roger Ebert, accessed on August 22, 2007
- ^ Cinema, accessed August 22, 2007
- ↑ Madame Sousatzka. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed April 2, 2017 .
- ^ Opening dates for Madame Sousatzka, accessed August 22, 2007
- ^ Box office / business for Madame Sousatzka, accessed August 22, 2007