In the epic about a star conductor, Cate Blanchett also excels in fashion. Now the much-discussed film is finally coming back to its location: Berlin.
Without socks in welted lace-ups, cashmere sweater as a scarf: conductor Lydia Tár (Cate Blanchett) plays the keyboard of the male elite look with virtuosity.Library/Universal/IMDB
Cate Blanchett said it herself, in an interview with online magazine IndieWire: “It’s the most difficult film I’ve ever had to talk about because the subject is so difficult to pin down. It’s about so much.” Let’s try writing. So what is Todd Field’s great film “Tár” about, which will celebrate its German premiere next Thursday evening in the Berlinale Palast? About music, of course. Which stands for much more here, for example for life. And the passing time.