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17 October 2008 (Italy) more
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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 more
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Cast

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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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92 min
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3 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
I am being very subjective when I say I was bored, 9 July 2009
3/10
Author: missjesselle

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 ;)

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