Erbarme dich - Matthäus Passion Stories
Ramón Gieling / NL, 2015 / 99 min.
Ramón Gieling explores the very essence of Bach's St Matthew's Passion and the sublime aria Erbarme dich, to many the emotional climax of this absolute masterpiece.
The labyrinthine narrative is set in a desolate church with a small choir, an orchestra and a group of homeless people as an audience. There, individuals including Peter Sellars, Emio Greco, Simon Halsey and the painter Rinke Nijburg explain their special relationship with Bach’s music, surrounded by the Bach Koor en Orkest [Bach choir and orchestra] of Pieter Jan Leusink, who have been performing the Matthäus Passion [St. Matthew Passion] for years.
Details
Director
Ramón Gieling
Production year
2015
Country
NL
Original title
Erbarme dich - Matthäus Passion Stories
Length
99 min.
Language
Dutch
Subtitles
NLD
Format
DCP
Part of
Ramón Gieling at Work
Filmmaker, writer, theatre-maker, visual artist: in every role Ramón Gieling wants to get to the bottom of things and see what drives people. The maker of En un momento dado, an extraordinary film about Johan Cruyff’s years in Barcelona, and Erbarme dich (St Matthew Passion), likes to explore the boundary between reality and imagination.
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