TÁR

2022 2h 38m EN

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★7.1TMDB · 1,614●93Metacritic★7.4IMDB · 109,361

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Synopsis

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As celebrated conductor Lydia Tár starts rehearsals for a career-defining symphony, the consequences of her past choices begin to echo in the present.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Cate Blanchett
Lydia Tár
Nina Hoss
Sharon Goodnow
Noémie Merlant
Francesca Lentini
Sophie Kauer
Olga Metkina
Julian Glover
Andris Davis
Mark Strong
Eliot Kaplan
Sylvia Flote
Krista Taylor
Allan Corduner
Sebastian Brix

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Todd Field
Writers: Todd Field, Ray Harvie, Arne Jysch
Languages: Tagalog, German, French, Tamil, English, Portuguese
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 158 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Earned back only 83% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 4 years ago.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 6 languages: Tagalog, German, French, Tamil, English, Portuguese.

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5 / 8

CAST

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552+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Todd Field, shot by Florian Hoffmeister. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Hildur Guðnadóttir. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Todd Field directs. Florian Hoffmeister behind the camera. Hildur Guðnadóttir scores. Monika Willi cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in Tagalog, German, French, Tamil, English, Portuguese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Clocks in at 158 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
2Earned back only 83% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
3Released 4 years ago.
4Dialogue crosses 6 languages: Tagalog, German, French, Tamil, English, Portuguese.
5552+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
6Directed by Todd Field, shot by Florian Hoffmeister. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Hildur Guðnadóttir. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Monika Willi shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Cate Blanchett and Nina Hoss and Noémie Merlant carry the top of the cast.
10IMDB entry: tt14444726 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 19 themes, including "infidelity", "new york city", "berlin, germany", "composer".
12Released under 10 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Florian Hoffmeister
Original score: Hildur Guðnadóttir
Editing: Monika Willi
Production design: Marco Bittner Rosser
Costume design: Bina Daigeler
Makeup / hair: Ines Ransch
VFX supervisor: Nick Tanner
Sound: Deb Adair
Stunt coordinator: Volkhart Buff
Runtime: 158 min · 2h 38m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $35,000,000
Box office: $29,048,571
Return: 83% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: TÁR (2022)
Metacritic: 93/100
IMDB rating: 7.4/10 · 109,361 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

Nominated for 6 Oscars. 79 wins & 271 nominations total

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CinemaSerf2023-01-23
★ 7/10
Cate Blanchett is superb as the eponymous, ruthlessly focussed and highly accomplished, maestra who lives with her violinist wife "Sharon" (Nina Hoss) and young daughter "Petra" (Mila Bogojivic). Acclaimed by her peers, she is now the principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic. A job not without it's complications - she must select music, inspire musicians, and deal with her less then competent assistant "Sebastian" (Allan Corduner) who was a favourite of the previous occupant of her job "Davis" (Julian Glover) whilst juggling the ambitions of her funding partner "Kaplan" (Mark Strong). This spinning plates operation means she is constantly making compromises and that impacts on all of those around her. Frequently, she must rely on her assistant "Francesca" (Noémie Merlant) and it's around this relationship that we see some cracks start to appear in the otherwise formidable armour of "Tár". One of her erstwhile musicians has taken her own life - and subsequently the rumour mill starts to suggest that maybe, just maybe, there could have been an element of the good old casting couch mentality going on. No smoke without fire or totally made up? Well the last half of the film unfolds as the allegations gather pace and, well... I wasn't exactly enamoured of development of the story. It reminded me a little of that surrounding acclaimed British choreographer Liam Scarlett - and with that in mind I found the theme a little undercooked. It does illustrate well the Humty Dumpty effect of gossip, though. Do we believe she is guilty of abusing her position and of manipulation? Or is she a powerless victim of someone else's failure? I had nowhere near enough evidence to draw any meaningful conclusion - and I didn't like that. The ending is rather powerful, though - a vindication or a terrible wronging? You must decide... Blanchett is, regardless of that, at the top of her game and there is some spectacular orchestral music to enjoy here, too.
Nathan2023-02-17
★ 6/10
I wanted to like TÁR, but I just found it boring. Way too long and drawn out. I thought the story was decent with fantastic performances but it just did not work for me. I can appreciate it as a masterpiece in film making, even though I considered it a pretty poor watch. Score: 60% | Verdict: Decent
AstroNoud2023-03-12
★ 5/10
The downfall of a great conductor (conductress??) could have been an interesting topic. But ‘TÁR’ is 2h38mins of leaving out major plot points and instead showing details in dreadful scenes that often don’t lead anywhere. The viewer has to make all this up for themselves, such as whether Tár is victim or culprit. In a way, this is all quite well done. Unfortunately, the film is too boring and incomprehensible to care. This being a film about conducting, I found Blanchett’s conducting style ridiculous, though she was good otherwise. At least the Mahler 5 excerpts sounded wonderful, and so let’s just conclude with that number as my rating. 5/10