TÁR

An examination of power, its impact, and durability in our modern world.
TÁR (2022)
7.4/10
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7.4/10
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Release date
Budget
$35 000 000
Revenue
$29 177 163
Director
Scenario
Producer
Scott Lambert
Actors
Photo Cate Blanchett
Cate Blanchett
Lydia Tár
Photo Nina Hoss
Nina Hoss
Sharon Goodnow
Photo Noémie Merlant
Noémie Merlant
Francesca Lentini
Photo Sophie Kauer
Sophie Kauer
Olga Metkina
Photo Julian Glover
Julian Glover
Andris Davis
Photo Mark Strong
Mark Strong
Eliot Kaplan
Photo Sylvia Flote
Sylvia Flote
Krista Taylor
Photo Allan Corduner
Allan Corduner
Sebastian Brix
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Short description

TÁR follows Lydia Tár, a renowned conductor and composer who has become the first woman to lead a major German orchestra. As she prepares to record Gustav Mahler's Fifth Symphony, a high point in an already distinguished career, pressures in her professional and private life begin to collide, and the consequences of her past conduct start to surface. The film is a fictional portrait of a celebrated artist whose authority and position are increasingly called into question.

Todd Field wrote and directed the film, his third feature after In the Bedroom and Little Children, and also produced it with Scott Lambert and Alexandra Milchan. Cate Blanchett plays the title role, with Nina Hoss, Noémie Merlant, Sophie Kauer, Julian Glover and Mark Strong among the supporting cast. Made on a budget of about 35 million dollars, it earned roughly 29 million dollars worldwide.

On IMDb the film holds 7.4 out of 10 from around 109,000 votes, while on TMDB it stands at 7.1 from a much smaller base of 1,604. A critics' rating of 8.4 from 361 reviews places it noticeably above both audience scores, suggesting stronger approval from reviewers than from general viewers.

What's left behind the scenes

  • In preparation for her role, Cate Blanchett re-learned to play the piano, as well as learned to speak German and conduct an orchestra.
  • Professional cellist Sophie Kawer had never acted in a film before and attended the audition at the insistence of a friend. She learned to perform in front of the camera by taking acting lessons from Michael Caine on YouTube.
  • While running through the forest, Lydia hears screams. This is a recording of the screams of Heather Donahue’s character in the finale of the horror film “The Blair Witch Project” (1999).
  • Cate Blanchett is genuinely conducting the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra in the film.
  • Screenwriter and director Todd Field wrote the screenplay specifically for Cate Blanchett, and the project would not have happened at all without her participation. Field and Blanchett initially planned to work on another project, but Field was unable to secure funding for it.
  • While working on the voice of her character, Cate Blanchett listened to recordings of the voice of American writer Susan Sontag.

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