The superb religious drama from director-writer Margarethe von Trotta follows the exploits of the 12th century Benedictine nun, a feminist centuries ahead of her time.
di Gary Goldstein The Los Angeles Times
Margarethe von Trotta, who helped lead the New German Cinema movement and has been considered one of the world's premiere feminist filmmakers ever since directing (with then-husband Volker Schlöndorff) 1975's "The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum," sheds light — literally and figuratively — on another exceptional woman, 12th century Benedictine nun Hildegard von Bingen, in the superbly rendered and deeply absorbing religious drama "Vision: From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen."
Reuniting once again with luminous German actress Barbara Sukowa (seen in the director's "Rosa Luxemburg" and "Rosenstrasse," among others), Von Trotta, who also wrote "Vision's" striking screenplay, immerses us into an ancient, cosseted world that feels far removed from today's reality, yet still manages to echo such ageless concerns as fearing the "different," challenging tradition and religion's thorny intersection with political and financial forces. [...]
di Gary Goldstein, articolo completo (2329 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The Los Angeles Times 12 novembre 2010
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