Zorn III (2018−2022)
by Mathieu Amalric, 2022, 78'
CAMERA AND SOUND RECORDING: Mathieu Amalric   SOUND MIX: Olivier Goinard
EDITING: Caroline Detournay   COLOUR GRADING: Paulina Pisarek
SOUND EDITING: Sylvain Malbrant   POST-PRODUCTION: Magnolias films (Yann Brolli)
PRODUCTION: Film(s)    

Schermo dell'Arte - Archivio Film    Presented at the 8th edition of Secret Florence, 2023
 
The third episode focuses on the rehearsal of a single work, Jumalattaret, and the relationship (also epistolary) between Zorn and soprano Barbara Hannigan, a world star of contemporary music. Jumalattaret is a song cycle composed by John Zorn inspired by Kalevala, a Finnish epic poem that narrates the exploits of mythological creatures that fear no violence and know no human or natural barriers. A tricky composition, technically at the limit of human and vocal possibilities, in whose piano part Stephen Gosling stands out. A focus on the complicated expressive process in which Zorn's vision emerges: to abandon the idea of a perfect performance in order to reach a deeper, more human level.

Mathieu Amalric Winner as Best Actor of three César Awards for the films Comment je me suis disputé... (ma vie sexuelle) (1997), Kings and Queen (2005) and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2008), he has worked with major directors including Julian Schnabel, Wes Anderson, Roman PolaĹ„ski and Steven Spielberg. He is one of the protagonists in Nanni Moretti's latest film Il sol dell'avvenire. As an author, he won the Best Director award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010 with the film Tournée. His most recent films include Barbara (2017), Serre moi fort (2021), Maîtres anciens (2022).

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