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Writer:
Alessandro Baricco (writer)
Release Date:
17 October 2008 (Italy)
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A student takes a bizarre trip through the Italian Alps after being inspired by a professor's lecture on Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" from his Ninth Symphony. | add synopsis
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2 nominations
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I am being very subjective when I say I was bored
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | John Hurt | ... | Mondrian Kilroy |
 | Noah Taylor | ... | Peters |
 | Leonor Watling | ... | Marta |
 | Clive Russell | ... | Hoffmeister |
| Rasmus Hardiker | ... | Broderip |
| Clive Riche | ... | Imbault |
 | Matthew T. Reynolds | ... | Goetz |
| Tim Barlow | ... | Simrock |
| Natalia Tena | ... | Thomson |
| Andy Gathergood | ... | Schott 1 |
| Daniel Tuite | ... | Schott 2 |
| Phyllida Law | ... | Boheme |
| Adrian Moore | ... | Piggot |
| Franco Pistoni | ... | Weigl |
| Chiara Paoli | ... | Girl of the Lake |
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Also Known As:
Lecture 21 (UK)
Lesson 21 (International: English title)
Lezione ventuno (Italy) (alternative spelling)
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Lesson 21 (International: English title)
Lezione ventuno (Italy) (alternative spelling)
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92 min
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I can appreciate the ... artfulness of this movie. I liked the playful atmosphere of it, the images (an orchestra on an ice plane, a sailing ship in the middle of a forest, a tree full of bird cages), the Alice-in-Wonderland absurdity of it all.
I also liked the structure - we follow two threads - one is realistic, about students reminiscing about their favorite professor and his famous lecture on Beethoven's 9th symphony, the other is actually the visualization of a story the professor used to illustrate his point.
But despite all this, I cannot rate the movie higher because after about thirty minutes, I found even the most bizarre images repetitive and the professor arc predictable. It all became quite dull and boring to me.
Oh, but at least the music was good ;)