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The Conductor

Original title: De dirigent
  • 2018
  • 2h 17m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
3.8K
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POPULARITY
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19,858
Christanne de Bruijn in The Conductor (2018)
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BiographyDrama

Antonia Brico dreams of becoming a conductor, but she isn't taken seriously because she is a woman.Antonia Brico dreams of becoming a conductor, but she isn't taken seriously because she is a woman.Antonia Brico dreams of becoming a conductor, but she isn't taken seriously because she is a woman.

  • Director
    • Maria Peters
  • Writer
    • Maria Peters
  • Stars
    • Christanne de Bruijn
    • Benjamin Wainwright
    • Scott Turner Schofield
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    3.8K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    2,429
    19,858
    • Director
      • Maria Peters
    • Writer
      • Maria Peters
    • Stars
      • Christanne de Bruijn
      • Benjamin Wainwright
      • Scott Turner Schofield
    • 28User reviews
    • 14Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins

    Videos2

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    Christanne de Bruijn
    Christanne de Bruijn
    • Antonia Brico
    Benjamin Wainwright
    Benjamin Wainwright
    • Frank Thomsen
    Scott Turner Schofield
    Scott Turner Schofield
    • Robin Jones
    Seumas F. Sargent
    Seumas F. Sargent
    • Mark Goldsmith
    Annet Malherbe
    Annet Malherbe
    • Mother Antonia
    Raymond Thiry
    Raymond Thiry
    • Father Antonia
    Gijs Scholten van Aschat
    Gijs Scholten van Aschat
    • Willem Mengelberg
    Richard Sammel
    Richard Sammel
    • Karl Muck
    Sian Thomas
    Sian Thomas
    • Mrs. Thomsen
    Tim Ahern
    Tim Ahern
    • Mr. Thomsen
    Sara Visser
    Sara Visser
    • Emma
    Michael Watson-Gray
    • Miss Denise
    James Sobol Kelly
    James Sobol Kelly
    • Director Barnes
    Peter Basham
    • Concertmaster
    Nastassia Firestone
    • Usherette Marjorie
    Anja Antonowicz
    • Mrs. Goldsmith
    Adrian Solaimani
    • Children Goldsmith
    Bram Olijerhoek
    • Children Goldsmith
    • Director
      • Maria Peters
    • Writer
      • Maria Peters(scenario)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      In the movie the orchestra performs some parts of 'Peter and the Wolf', composed by Sergej Prokofjev. The movie ends with the concert in Town Hall in 1935. The premiere of 'Peter and the Wolf' was in Moscow in 1936...
    • Quotes

      Antonia Brico: Is keeping quiet about something, the same as lying?

    • Soundtracks
      Mahler: Symphony No. 4
      Composed by Gustav Mahler

      Performed by Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

      Music Publisher: SSF Publishing

    User reviews28

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    Featured review
    6/10
    Great subject that deserves a better movie
    As a (classical) music lover and agreeing with the filmmaker that Antonia Brico more than deserves to be put in the spotlight, I had high expectations of this movie. Maybe they were set too high: I have mixed feelings after seeing it.

    As a movie, I feel that it kept meandering around, never finding a steady pace. I found myself wondering multiple times about sudden jumps in the story that I felt deserved more attention. It was as if the movie wants to cover as much ground as possible at the cost of the flow - even where it doesn't really contribute to the story. Some characters felt like caricatures, which made this movie feel a bit politically motivated. Despite my sympathy for the cause I think that it shouldn't dominate.

    Something similar goes for the role of the music in the movie: that, too, felt rather arbitrarily chosen - apart from that brief moment where "Rhapsody in Blue" is mentioned as "new music" (though it was already a few years old by then). In this movie the music itself could have played a much more profound role, but it did so only on a few fleeting moments, as when an angry and upset Antonia hammered Stravinsky on her ramshackle piano with the neighbours yelling "Silence!!" through the walls. I don't know what Ms. Brico's favourite repertoire was, but I can't help thinking what a marvellous role a piece like the Sacre du Printemps, or maybe Alban Berg's "To the memory of an Angel" could have played.
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    • Jan 31, 2021

    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 19, 2019 (Taiwan)
    • Countries of origin
      • Netherlands
      • Belgium
    • Official sites
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    • Languages
      • English
      • Dutch
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Bir Kadın Zaferi
    • Filming locations
      • NuBoyana Film Studios, Sofia Bulgaria
    • Production companies
      • Shooting Star Filmcompany BV
      • AVROTROS
      • Casa Kafka Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $6,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,211,394
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 17 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.38 : 1

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