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Vision

Vision - Aus dem Leben der Hildegard von Bingen

2009

Margarethe von Trotta

Barbara Sukowa, Heino Ferch, Hannah Herzsprung, Gerald Alexander Held ...

5.6

389

Drama The life story of the multi-talented German nun Hildegard von Bingen. The film portrays an original woman - best known as a composer and religious visionary - whose grand claims often run counter to the patriarchal world around her. The monks and nuns at the convent become a kind of family, offering both confidants and enemies. For example Jutta, struggling with her jealousy of Hildegard's success, and the young Richardis who worships ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Stephen Holden The New York Times	"The film meticulously ticks off Hildegard’s accomplishments (...) Sukowa makes Hildegard a likable and charismatic woman"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"We never know what she’s thinking. That’s tantalizing (...) The film is intense, measured and too slow, but absorbing (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Stephen Farber The Hollywood Reporter	"Although the film has been carefully made and centers on a most unusual heroine, it is too painstakingly slow to capture an American audience."	NEU
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	"Aside from the obvious power of Barbara Sukowa's central performance, much of what is best lies just beneath the surface."	POS
United States	Gary Goldstein Los Angeles Times	"[A] superbly rendered and deeply absorbing religious drama (...) 'Vision' is a must-see for serious filmgoers."	POS

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