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Tár is a 2022 psychological drama film written and directed by Todd Field. Cate Blanchett stars as Lydia Tár, a world-renowned conductor, whose life unravels after she is accused of misconduct. The supporting cast includes Nina Hoss, Noémie Merlant, Sophie Kauer, Julian Glover, Allan Corduner, and Mark Strong.
Tár premiered at the 79th Venice International Film Festival in September 2022, where Blanchett won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress. Following a three-week limited theatrical release, it received a wide release on October 28, 2022, through Focus Features. Tár received critical acclaim, especially for Blanchett's performance and Field's screenplay and direction. At the 95th Academy Awards, Tár was nominated for 6 awards, including Best Picture. Blanchett won the BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress, and was nominated for the Academy Award and Screen Actors Guild Award in the same category. Since its release, it has been regarded as one of the best films of the 2020s and the 21st century.
Lydia Tár, chief conductor of a Berlin orchestra, heavily relies on Francesca, her personal assistant and confidant. While being interviewed by Adam Gopnik at The New Yorker Festival, Lydia promotes her upcoming live recording of Mahler's Fifth Symphony and memoir Tár on Tár. She meets with Eliot Kaplan, an investment banker and amateur conductor who co-founded the Accordion Foundation with Lydia to support aspiring female conductors. They discuss technique, replacing Lydia's assistant conductor Sebastian with Francesca, and filling a vacant cello position in Berlin.
As a guest lecturer, Lydia holds a masterclass at Juilliard. When a student expresses reluctance to study Bach due to his social views, she encourages them to focus on composers' music rather than their personal lives. The student leaves in frustration. That night, Lydia anonymously receives a first edition of Vita Sackville-West's novel Challenge with the title page embellished with a hand-drawn kené pattern, a personal reminder of her trip to Perú. She tears up the page and throws it away.
Lydia flies back to Berlin, where she lives with her wife Sharon, the concertmaster of the orchestra, and their adopted daughter Petra. Before a blind audition for the cello position, Lydia spots a young Russian candidate, Olga Metkina, in the bathroom. Lydia changes her scorecard to ensure Olga a spot in the orchestra and proposes to the orchestra that Elgar's Cello Concerto be the companion piece to the Mahler symphony, virtually guaranteeing Olga the soloist position. Lydia's attraction to Olga strains her relationships with Francesca and Sharon.
Krista Taylor, a promising young musician whom Lydia once mentored, has been blacklisted after a dispute with Lydia. After sending disturbing emails to Francesca, Krista commits suicide. Lydia instructs Francesca to delete the emails and hire a lawyer after learning of Krista's parents' plan to sue her. Lydia informs Sebastian of his imminent replacement. Incensed, he calls her out on her inappropriate favoritism, leading Lydia to decide against promoting Francesca.
Lydia is haunted by an increasing sensitivity to sound, surreal nightmares, daytime hallucinations, chronic pain, and enigmatic patterned scribbles resembling those Krista once made. While trying to complete a composition dedicated to Petra, she is disturbed by the sound of a medical device next door, where her neighbor is caring for her dying mother. One day, Lydia falls and hurts herself while attempting to follow Olga home, but tells Sharon she was injured in a mugging.
A manipulatively edited video of Lydia's Juilliard class goes viral, and an article accusing her of sexual predation appears in the New York Post. Lydia tries to contact Francesca, who resigned after being denied the promotion. Lydia breaks into Francesca's home and finds a draft of Tár on Tár, which Francesca has renamed Rat on Rat. Lydia, accompanied by Olga, returns to New York City to attend the deposition in the lawsuit of Krista's parents and promote her book; the two are met by protestors, and Lydia is confronted with incriminating emails between her and Krista that Francesca provided.
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Tár is a 2022 psychological drama film written and directed by Todd Field. Cate Blanchett stars as Lydia Tár, a world-renowned conductor, whose life unravels after she is accused of misconduct. The supporting cast includes Nina Hoss, Noémie Merlant, Sophie Kauer, Julian Glover, Allan Corduner, and Mark Strong.
Tár premiered at the 79th Venice International Film Festival in September 2022, where Blanchett won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress. Following a three-week limited theatrical release, it received a wide release on October 28, 2022, through Focus Features. Tár received critical acclaim, especially for Blanchett's performance and Field's screenplay and direction. At the 95th Academy Awards, Tár was nominated for 6 awards, including Best Picture. Blanchett won the BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress, and was nominated for the Academy Award and Screen Actors Guild Award in the same category. Since its release, it has been regarded as one of the best films of the 2020s and the 21st century.
Lydia Tár, chief conductor of a Berlin orchestra, heavily relies on Francesca, her personal assistant and confidant. While being interviewed by Adam Gopnik at The New Yorker Festival, Lydia promotes her upcoming live recording of Mahler's Fifth Symphony and memoir Tár on Tár. She meets with Eliot Kaplan, an investment banker and amateur conductor who co-founded the Accordion Foundation with Lydia to support aspiring female conductors. They discuss technique, replacing Lydia's assistant conductor Sebastian with Francesca, and filling a vacant cello position in Berlin.
As a guest lecturer, Lydia holds a masterclass at Juilliard. When a student expresses reluctance to study Bach due to his social views, she encourages them to focus on composers' music rather than their personal lives. The student leaves in frustration. That night, Lydia anonymously receives a first edition of Vita Sackville-West's novel Challenge with the title page embellished with a hand-drawn kené pattern, a personal reminder of her trip to Perú. She tears up the page and throws it away.
Lydia flies back to Berlin, where she lives with her wife Sharon, the concertmaster of the orchestra, and their adopted daughter Petra. Before a blind audition for the cello position, Lydia spots a young Russian candidate, Olga Metkina, in the bathroom. Lydia changes her scorecard to ensure Olga a spot in the orchestra and proposes to the orchestra that Elgar's Cello Concerto be the companion piece to the Mahler symphony, virtually guaranteeing Olga the soloist position. Lydia's attraction to Olga strains her relationships with Francesca and Sharon.
Krista Taylor, a promising young musician whom Lydia once mentored, has been blacklisted after a dispute with Lydia. After sending disturbing emails to Francesca, Krista commits suicide. Lydia instructs Francesca to delete the emails and hire a lawyer after learning of Krista's parents' plan to sue her. Lydia informs Sebastian of his imminent replacement. Incensed, he calls her out on her inappropriate favoritism, leading Lydia to decide against promoting Francesca.
Lydia is haunted by an increasing sensitivity to sound, surreal nightmares, daytime hallucinations, chronic pain, and enigmatic patterned scribbles resembling those Krista once made. While trying to complete a composition dedicated to Petra, she is disturbed by the sound of a medical device next door, where her neighbor is caring for her dying mother. One day, Lydia falls and hurts herself while attempting to follow Olga home, but tells Sharon she was injured in a mugging.
A manipulatively edited video of Lydia's Juilliard class goes viral, and an article accusing her of sexual predation appears in the New York Post. Lydia tries to contact Francesca, who resigned after being denied the promotion. Lydia breaks into Francesca's home and finds a draft of Tár on Tár, which Francesca has renamed Rat on Rat. Lydia, accompanied by Olga, returns to New York City to attend the deposition in the lawsuit of Krista's parents and promote her book; the two are met by protestors, and Lydia is confronted with incriminating emails between her and Krista that Francesca provided.