Tár

Tár

A drama film. 158 minutes. Released in 2022. Directed and written by Todd field. Starring Cate Blanchett.

It follows Lydia Tár, the first female chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic and a composer.

I do not know much about classical music, so I could not understand some of the lines, however, I watched it twice at a theater because it is really entertaining. Cate Blanchett had a lot of mature female charm and appeared from the beginning to the end. The flick has many of the quiet scenes, however, I was fascinated by not only her but also the overall good atmosphere.

A conductor of an orchestra needs to be kind of arrogant. A female one struggling in a man's world does to be more. Lydia's arrogance seems to be proper but causes a tragedy. That makes a media circus and makes people bash her on the Internet. Lydia becomes isolated and loses herself. Her sociability is not perfect, so she might have responsibility. All the same, I was drawn by her humanity and thought that the society and people who must support her was disgraceful because they overreacted the remarks on the Net. Furthermore, I felt that her friends' jealousy and betrayal were unsightly. Then I was encouraged by how she continues to live with music after that.

Cate Blanchett sincerely gave a wonderful performance as Lydia Tár as if she was possessed. She seemed to perfectly devote herself to the role, so I understand that she implied her retirement after the filming feeling that she thought that she cannot play better than that.

The wonderful flick was filled with her attraction as not only an actor but also a woman.