THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE:
2 hours 17 minutes
biography / drama / history / musical
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~ in 4K ultra-high definition at this theatre ~
Opening Friday, February 27.
From award-winning writer-director Mona Fastvold (The World to Come, The Brutalist) comes the extraordinary true legend of Ann Lee, founder of the devotional sect known as the Shakers. Academy Award nominee Amanda Seyfried stars as the Shaker’s irrepressible leader, who preached gender and social equality and was revered by her followers. The Testament of Ann Lee captures the ecstasy and agony of her quest to build a utopia, featuring more than a dozen traditional Shaker hymns reimagined as rapturous movements with choreography by Celia Rowlson-Hall (Vox Lux) and original songs & score by Academy Award winner Daniel Blumberg (The Brutalist).
Starring: Amanda Seyfried; Lewis Pullman; Thomasin McKenzie; Matthew Beard; Christopher Abbott; Viola Prettejohn; David Cale; Stacy Martin; Scott Handy; Jeremy Wheeler; Tim Blake Nelson; Daniel Blumberg; Willem van der Vegt; Maria Sand; Millie-Rose Crossley; Esmee Hewett; Harry Conway; Benjamin Bagota; Scott Alexander Young; George Taylor; Jamie Bogyo; Matti Boustedt; Alexis Latham; Shannon Woodward; Lark White; Roy McCrerey; Viktória Dányi; Natalie Shinnick; Maddie Browning; Martin O’Regan; Francis McBurney; Alex Gregor; Chris Jackson; Lukas Johne; Áron Havasi; Freya Edmondes; Owen Good; James Hogg; David Fjällbrant; Melker Appel; Laurent Winkler; Zachary Zamsky; Jack LeGoff; Maggie Nicols; Christina Leonardi; Josephine Foster; Sasha Bates; Mattie Vogler; Emily Leona Rose; Vivien Piti; Gergely Cserhati; Bettina Rose Jurák; Katalin Lörinc
“The Testament of Ann Lee is primarily a film about the pull and power of belief. Delivered in a style that evokes its historical moment while also cutting across time to the present, it lands with the enthralling, incantatory force of urgent prayer.” (Zachary Barnes, Wall Street Journal)
“A most unusual musical and a genuinely remarkable movie.” (Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times)
“This is a transcendent cinematic vision you can dance to. By God, it’s inspired.” (Bob Strauss, San Francisco Chronicle)
“A stately, historical fever dream blessed with a ferocious performance by Amanda Seyfried, The Testament of Ann Lee relates the origin story of a nearly extinct American religious sect with unblinking authenticity and Olympian artistry.” (Bill Newcott, The Saturday Evening Post)