Music

Program:

Festival of festivals

Year:

2023

Country:

Germany, France, Serbia

Genre:

Fiction

Duration:

108’

Abandoned at birth in the Greek mountains on a stormy night, Jon is taken in and adopted, without having known his father or mother. As a young man, he meets Iro, a warden in the prison where he is incarcerated after a deadly tragic accident. She seems to seek out his presence, takes care of him, records music for him. Jon’s eyesight begins to fail… From then on, for every loss he suffers, he will gain something in return. Thus, in spite of going blind, he will live his life more fully than ever.

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Angela Schanelec

Born in Southern Germany in 1962, she studied acting in Frankfurt am Main followed by engagements at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg and the Schaubühne in Berlin. From 1990 to 1995 she studied directing at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin. Her artistic career began as an actress onstage, however, she is best known today for her career as a filmmaker. Her films have been screened at various festivals, including Cannes and Locarno. In 2019, Schanelec won the Silver Bear for Best Director, for her film I WAS AT HOME, BUT and at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival, in 2023, Schanelec won the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay, for MUSIC.

Filmography: Afternoon (2007), Orly (2010), The Dreamed Path (2016), I Was at Home, But (2019), Music (2023)

Creative team

Director

Angela Schanelec

Screenplay

Angela Schanelec

Camera

Ivan Marković

Editing

Angela Schanelec

Production design

Ingo Klier