Tous Les matins Du monde
Tous Les matins Du monde
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Tous Les matins Du monde is a film released in 1991 based on a novel by Pascal Quignard. The novel goes by the same name and the English translation means “all the mornings of the world.” This is a phrase in the novel. The film is set in the late 17th century. Monsieur de Sainte Colombe is a viola da Gamba player who comes home to find his wife dead while he was away. From then, he leads a solitary life with his daughters avoiding the rest of the world. The film has its central idea in music. The story revolves around viola playing Colombe and his student Marais. Colombe is a well-known musician and his fame is known even in the king’s court. Young Marais is talented in music and goes to seek out for Colombe’s tutorship in music. Colombe refuses but as Marais insists and Plays some music, Colombe becomes interested and finally accepts to tutor him. Sainte Colombe is a music genius who added the seventh string on the viola.
The instrument played by Marais sets the mood of the film. There is music throughout the film. The viol played shows its almost human quality and that is rendering almost any human expression. There are several recurring pieces in the movie. One of them is the Tombeau les Regrets done by Sainte Colombe. Except in the last scene, it is played by a single viol. Sainte Colombe uses the music to evoke his dead wife. Through this, the mood of the film is set. It is a very haunting mood as Sainte Colombe plays the music to evoke his wife. And he does so quite literally. The emotions of love are also evoked as Marais has an affair with Sainte Colombe’s daughter. The mood also varies to that of regret throughout the film from the time we are introduced to Marais mourning his tutor. The texture of the music is so dense in the film. The homophony in the music brings a good feel in the film. The harmony in the film is nothing far from perfect. The characters play instruments and although at some point, they
Name
Institution
Tous Les matins Du monde is a film released in 1991 based on a novel by Pascal Quignard. The novel goes by the same name and the English translation means “all the mornings of the world.” This is a phrase in the novel. The film is set in the late 17th century. Monsieur de Sainte Colombe is a viola da Gamba player who comes home to find his wife dead while he was away. From then, he leads a solitary life with his daughters avoiding the rest of the world. The film has its central idea in music. The story revolves around viola playing Colombe and his student Marais. Colombe is a well-known musician and his fame is known even in the king’s court. Young Marais is talented in music and goes to seek out for Colombe’s tutorship in music. Colombe refuses but as Marais insists and Plays some music, Colombe becomes interested and finally accepts to tutor him. Sainte Colombe is a music genius who added the seventh string on the viola.
The instrument played by Marais sets the mood of the film. There is music throughout the film. The viol played shows its almost human quality and that is rendering almost any human expression. There are several recurring pieces in the movie. One of them is the Tombeau les Regrets done by Sainte Colombe. Except in the last scene, it is played by a single viol. Sainte Colombe uses the music to evoke his dead wife. Through this, the mood of the film is set. It is a very haunting mood as Sainte Colombe plays the music to evoke his wife. And he does so quite literally. The emotions of love are also evoked as Marais has an affair with Sainte Colombe’s daughter. The mood also varies to that of regret throughout the film from the time we are introduced to Marais mourning his tutor. The texture of the music is so dense in the film. The homophony in the music brings a good feel in the film. The harmony in the film is nothing far from perfect. The characters play instruments and although at some point, they