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Summary On a stormy night in the mountains of Greece, a pair of wayward young people abandon their newborn child. Taken in by a family of farmers, Ionathan grows up without knowing his father or mother. Years later, after a tragic accident, Ion is sent to prison, where he meets Iro. The two form a connection, expressed through music, that will, ...

Directed By: Angela Schanelec

Written By: Angela Schanelec

In Theaters Now
  • 2024
  • The Cinema Guild
  • 1 h 48 m
  • 2024
  • The Cinema Guild
  • 1 h 48 m

Music

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Summary On a stormy night in the mountains of Greece, a pair of wayward young people abandon their newborn child. Taken in by a family of farmers, Ionathan grows up without knowing his father or mother. Years later, after a tragic accident, Ion is sent to prison, where he meets Iro. The two form a connection, expressed through music, that will, ...

Directed By: Angela Schanelec

Written By: Angela Schanelec

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Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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90
Jun 28, 2024
Like many art films of a certain aesthetically adventurous, formally rigorous, narratively oblique persuasion, Music will probably be ignored by most and dismissed by many as excessively challenging at best and woefully obtuse at worst. But that overlooks the piercing, entirely accessible emotion that Schanelec layers into her story, often in ways that would seem counterintuitive in less assured hands.
By Justin Chang FULL REVIEW
80
Jun 27, 2024
Hope was never something that I associated with Schanelec’s typically dour films, yet here, from the darkness of a timeless tragedy emerges light.
By Beatrice Loayza FULL REVIEW
80
Feb 25, 2023
Whatever its frustrations, they are outweighed by the pleasures on offer in this scintillating example of film’s uncanny ability to transcend itself, to operate on planes above, below and in between the images and soundscapes of which it is composed.
By Jessica Kiang FULL REVIEW
75
Jun 28, 2024
It is a daring and assured subversion of conventional film language that will likely infuriate certain viewers and reward others.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW
70
Jun 26, 2024
Those unfamiliar with the director’s penchant for narrative opacity might find Music falling on deaf ears. For those up for the challenge, there are splendid moments of visual poise to soak in, but little to actually take away in terms of tangible storytelling.
By Natalia Keogan FULL REVIEW
70
Feb 25, 2023
Music seems to be more of a tribute to the director’s unique aesthetic — her specialized use of image and sound, of character and landscape — than anything resembling a narrative, even if there are bits and pieces of story scattered throughout.
By Jordan Mintzer FULL REVIEW
60
Feb 25, 2023
It is a film that does not proceed in the narrative style and the title seems to suggest that we should think of it as a different art form entirely: a constellation of themes, ideas, tropes, moods in which the personae relate to each other as concepts rather than characters.
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Dart Film & Video, Ekome, Faktura Film, Heretic, Les Films de l'Après-Midi, WDR/Arte
Release Date Jun 28, 2024
Duration 1 h 48 m
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Awards

German Film Critics Association Awards
• 4 Nominations
Valladolid International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Berlin International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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