With “Tár” and “Divertimento”, two conductors orchestrate their theatrical release

• In “Tár” by Todd Field, Cate Blanchett embodies a fictional conductor at the end of her life and has drawn the wrath of a conductor who thought she recognized herself.

• In “Divertimento”, a biopic directed by Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar, Oulaya Amamra plays a real conductor who came to support her on the set.

• These two films evoke in an exciting way two very different ways of looking at the same profession.

The conductors are not numerous in real life, but they will be two this Wednesday on the screens.

Cate Blanchett will experience a descent into hell in

by Todd Field while Oulaya Amamra will share her rise in

by Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar.

These two heroines have nothing in common except their profession, which each exercises in her own way: the first with contemptuous authority, the second with admirable benevolence.

Contacted by

, the distributors of the two films declared that they had not consulted about their theatrical releases.

The coincidences of the calendar mean that Cate Blanchett, already multi-awarded and favorite at the Oscars, took the place of Steven Spielberg honored by the Berlinale and whose

is rescheduled for February 22.

Two cinemas, two atmospheres

After

by Bruno Chiche last December, the profession of conductor seems decidedly fashionable on the big screen.

Lydia Tár, brilliantly played by Cate Blanchett, is a fictional character in which the conductor Marin Alsop thought she recognized herself.

It is an understatement to say that the lady is not happy at all despite the firm denials of the actress and the director who declare that they did not take her as a model.

Another atmosphere on the side of

whose title is inspired by the orchestra created by Zahia Ziouani.

The latter embraced the project which tells how she and her sister have proven that young girls from diverse backgrounds have managed to succeed in classical music by force of will.

These two women, each at the end of their career, have everything they need to become fascinating heroines for music lovers and film buffs alike.

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