US Edition"Ann Lee's Testament": so Be It
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The American actress gives everything in paper from the Shakers movement in the The Testament of Ann Lee, which is released this Wednesday at the cinema. Portrait of a star without taboo, always on the poster of the Housekeeper. ...
The "Shakers" are one of the most fascinating fanatics of US history: ritual dances to ecstasy, the inconceivable demand for equality and its political influence – for example on Theodore Roosevelt – fascinates to this day. In the new historical drama The Testament of Ann Lee Amanda Seyfried slips into the role of charismatic founder Ann Lee, who was revered by her followers as a female rebirth of Christ. The award-winning director Mona Fastvold…
Mona Fastvold, known for co-writing The Brutalist, wrote a very surprising and inhabited film that explores at the sources of Protestantism a radical spiritual experience, between community fervour, music and inner resistance.
A bold film by Mona Fastvold, "The Testament of Ann Lee" traces the true story of a founder of a Puritan sect of the 18th century. In a semi-musical formPassed his claims more land-to-earth, would the new female cinema plead for a return of the spiritual? On the heels of the remarkable Sundays, of Basque filmmaker Alauda Ruiz de Azúa, The Testament of Ann Lee, of Norwegian Mona Fastvold, goes even more clearly in this direction. Indeed, this fil…
The Norwegian director, supported by Brady Corbet ("The Brutalist"), depicts the grandiose faith of Ann Lee, leader of the 18th century sect.
Mona Fastvold, co-writer of the ambitious The Brutalist, returns to the realization with The Testament of Ann Lee, historical and musical fresco of the Shakers sect with Amanda Seyfried in the title role.
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