Lara

Theme

Music lies at the heart of Lara: a piano concerto composed from the imagined perspective of Viktor exists within the film as his own work, while a woodwind quintet forms the musical voice of Lara herself. The score received the Bavarian Film Award for Best Film Music.

Movements

Director: Jan-Ole Gerster Screenplay: Blaž Kutin Director of Photography: Frank Griebe Editing: Isabel Meier, Guillaume Guerry Production Design: KD Gruber Costume Design: Anette Guther Music: Arash Safaian

Cast: Corinna Harfouch, Tom Schilling, André Jung, Volkmar Kleinert, Rainer Bock, Gudrun Ritter, Mala Emde, Edin Hasanović

Duration

“This is how we came up with Viktor’s piano concerto. It was interesting to see that there is a way to talk about those things without really knowing the language of music. Arash Safaian understood that perfectly. We were able to get the actual score in the film which was very important to me, which emphasized the mystery around and about Lara.”

— Jan-Ole Gerster, Film Talk

“Arash Safaian’s score is very much in keeping with the film’s idiosyncratic spirit, used sparingly until it’s time to blast the audience away with racing fingers and masterful playing.”

— The Hollywood Reporter

Commissioned by

Production: Schiwago Film · ARTE · BR · RBB

Release

Lara – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Deutsche Grammophon (2019) — Alice Sara Ott, piano · Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin

Recording

Meistersaal, Emil Berliner Studios, Berlin (2018) - Alice Sara Ott, piano · Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin · Samy Moussa, Conductor Deutsches Kammerorchester - Wind Quartet ( score )

Awards

Bavarian Film Prize - Best Musik for a Film (2019) · Special Jury Prize, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival · Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival · Best Actress (Corinna Harfouch), Karlovy Vary International Film Festival · FIPRESCI Prize, Filmfest München · New German Cinema Award – Best Director (Jan-Ole Gerster), Filmfest München · Gilde Film Award – Best National Film