Appassionata ( Passionate )

Appassionata (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Passionate
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
German ( Subtitles )
Japanese ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
82 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Booklet

Movie filmed in 2012 and produced in:
Switzerland ( Germany, Central Europe )
Ukraine ( Russia, Eastern Europe )

Directed By:
Christian Labhart

Written By:
Christian Labhart

Actors:
Christian Labhart

Synopsis:

One can lie with words, but not with music. Alena Cherny is a concert pianist through and through. Her playing reveals everything from sorrow and rage to enthusiasm and love. Music has accompanied her through difficult times: raised in rural Ukraine, her mother sent her to boarding school in Kiev at the age of nine - a childhood far from home. Following the trauma of Chernobyl and a leukaemia, she relocated to Switzerland, leaving her daughter at home with her parents. Today she is an established artist, and wants to fulfil her heart's desire: to donate a piano to the music school in the village where she was born. Alena Cherny sets off with her instrument on a journey into her past. She visits her mother, the places of her childhood, her boarding school and Chernobyl. Documentary filmmaker Christian Labhart accompanied her on this trip back to her roots. APPASSIONATA is a portrait of a strong woman and her passion.

Pianist Alena Cherny has been living in Switzerland for 15 years. She has a dream: she wants to donate a grand piano to the music school of her Ukrainian hometown. The grand piano's journey becomes a moving search for clues in the places of her childhood and youth. Alena Cherny lets us take part in the many farewells, new beginnings, catastrophes and contrasts that she experienced. A film about the migration of a strong woman; full of sorrow, anger, enthusiasm, and love.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 03 November, 2014.