Adam's Passion

2015 1h 34m EN

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8.5

MASTERPIECE

★8.5TMDB · 2

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Synopsis

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Adam’s Passion is the moving first collaboration between two “masters of slow motion who harmonize perfectly with each other” (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung). In the spectacular setting of a former submarine factory, American director and universal artist Robert Wilson creates a poetic visual world in which the mystical musical language of the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt can cast its meditative spell. Three of Pärt’s major works – Adam’s Lament, Tabula rasa, and Miserere, as well as Sequentia, a new work composed especially for this production – are brought together here using light, space, and movement to create a tightly-woven Gesamtkunstwerk in which the artistic visions of these two great artists mirror each other.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Michalis Theophanous
Man
Lucinda Childs
Woman
Endro Roosimäe
Heavy Man
Erki Laur
Another Heavy Man
Tatjana Kosmõnina
A Woman
Triin Marts
Another Woman
Trevor Mattias Sakias
Boy
Lui Laur
Another Boy

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Robert Wilson
Languages: Latin, Russian
Countries: Estonia, Germany

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ERA

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Released 11 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Latin, Russian.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Estonia, Germany.

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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Robert Wilson, shot by Nyika Jancsó. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Steffen Herrmann shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Michalis Theophanous and Lucinda Childs and Endro Roosimäe carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt8070038 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Robert Wilson directs. Nyika Jancsó behind the camera. Steffen Herrmann cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Estonia, Germany. Dialogue in Latin, Russian.

Trivia

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1Released 11 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Latin, Russian.
3International production across 2 countries: Estonia, Germany.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Robert Wilson, shot by Nyika Jancsó. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Editor Steffen Herrmann shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Michalis Theophanous and Lucinda Childs and Endro Roosimäe carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt8070038 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.