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All the Mornings of the World (Tous les matins du monde)
starring: Gérard Depardieu, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Anne Brochet, Guillaume Depardieu, Carole Richert
directed by: Alain Corneau

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Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786303042459
Format: Color, Dolby, NTSC
ISBN: 6303042457
Label: Walt Disney Video
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Walt Disney Video
Release Date: September 11, 1996
Running Time: 115 minutes
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1993
Sales Rank: 16083

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Amazon.com essential video:
Gérard Depardieu plays a court composer at Versailles whose sense of artistic emptiness causes him to reflect upon his old music teacher (Jean-Pierre Marielle), a man who taught him more than music but whom he ultimately betrayed. (The younger version of Depardieu's character is portrayed by the actor's son, Guillaume.) Alain Corneau's gorgeous 1991 film has a slow, deliberative air about it, with little dialogue and a painterly look (shot by cinematographer-director Yves Angelo, maker of Colonel Chabert) that paradoxically inspires both excitement and meditation. A period costume piece that chooses to understate pageantry for ideas and emotions, this film is quite special. --Tom Keogh

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- a parable of grief and ambition
I didn't realize as I watched the film the first time that it was inspired by actual lives -- Sainte-Colombe and Marin Marais are important figures in the history of music -- nor was it clear to me, until I did some research, how the film connected with important theological controversies of the 17th century. Hearing that Sainte-Colombe was "a reformer," I took that to mean that he was a Calvinist and thus was confused to see him, in a later scene, in what was clearly a Catholic church. (The film makes me want to know more about Jansenism, about which until now all I knew was that it was linked with an extreme and gloomy asceticism. Until now I hadn't thought of it as a stream of Catholicism profoundly influenced of Calvinism.)

It was striking to see how Sainte-Colombe's form of ... Read More

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- "In Search of Perfect Sound"
"For the time before we were born, before we breathed, before we saw light."

I first saw this film in the early '90's shortly after it was released in Los Angeles. I recently viewed it again. The film's message is a profound comment on the life and spirit and gift of music and the great importance of those who teach and guide us. The story is a metaphor for the passion of the music. It paints a picture of extremes. It is also a metaphor for listening or failing to listen. It is not a factual account of the life of Sainte-Colombe as little is known for certainty about Sainte-Colombe's life. See the online research of Jonathan Dunford for more information.

This, however, is a review of the bonus feature documentary interview with Jordi Savall, "In Search of Perfect ... Read More

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- Music for your soul or for the fame and fortune?
The central theme of this movie is what is music for? To master Sainte Colombo, it is for expression and exploration of the soul, where words cannot go there, music as a meditation and communing with the sorrows and passion. To the young Marin Marias it is a means to fame, fortune, success, a job in the king's court.

The two viewpoints are interconnected when the young Marin Marias enters the lives of Sainte Colombe and his two daughters. The family had been in perpetual mourning for the death of Mrs. Sainte Colombe, with the father retiring into a garden hut to commune with his music and ghostly visitations from his dead wife. The daughters were left to fend for themselves, and the appearance of a young man sparks their interest. After initially refusing to take him in as a student, ... Read More

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- What else to say?
After reading 40 reviews, and studying a portion of the music myself, I find there is a sense of unrelieved sadness in this film. You WANT there to be some actual living communication. But I believe the point of the film lies in the daughters' sung duet near the beginning. The chanson "Il etait une Jeune Fillette" was one of the most popular songs of the time, translated into 5 languages over 2 centuries. It deals with the desire of a girl to die because her parents have sent her to a Convent rather than allow her to seek her true love, all for their own status in the world (and maybe the next as well). The notion of the imposition of parental will on offspring is a timeless issue in therapy and in creative work, and the inability to say what you feel is close behind. Even aside from the beautiful, expressive ... Read More

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- tous les matins...
Since I bought it as a present I did not see it, but no doubts it is one of the best films I have ever seen.

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