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"The Accompanist" is not a typical World War II flick. Though what action there is takes place in occupied France and war-torn London, reference to international conflicts serve only to illuminate the nature of individual characters. Focusing on Irene Brice (Elena Safonova), a diva on the brink of universal...
This initial scene established both the tone and symbolism of the movie. Sophie, whom Irene hires, and who becomes the diva's personal maid as well as accompanist, is shown always in shadow, often in transit, and frequently on staircases. Indeed, her nondescript character becomes almost obtrusive in the film...
For a film that concentrates on characterization, "The Accompanist" is surprisingly spares in dialogue. This dearth is amply commpensated through visual and musical means. Frequently the camera focused on the face of a single character of several seconds at a time, revealing subtle change of expression music, as in one...
This type of representation is quite effective in the context of "The Accompanist." The film constantly thwarts the desires of the audience to enter into the though process of a specific individual .Irene is seen only from the outside, through the eyes of her husband and Sophie, while Sophie herself...
Topics range just as broadly as in more elaborate drama, from the orphanage hardships of Boys Town to the comic angst of Jewish suburbia, from Edith Wharton's frustrated sex life to Lynn Redgrave's thwarted longing for her father's esteem, from the Los Angeles riots to personal calamities...