‘The Kegelstatt Trio’ Brings Eric Rohmer’s Stage Play to the Big Screen
variety.comMartin Dale ContributorThis year’s Berlinale’s Forum includes the world premiere of Rita Azevedo Gomes’ latest feature film, “The Kegelstatt Trio,” adapted from the 1987 stage play, written by the late French helmer, Éric Rohmer.The privately-funded Portuguese/Spanish co-production was shot during the lockdown, produced by Gomes and Gonzalo García Pelayo.
It received post-production completion finance from the Portuguese Film and Audiovisual Institute (ICA).Rohmer wrote “Le Trio en mi bémol,” inspired by Mozart’s composition of that name, while writing his 1989 pic, “Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle.”The story revolves around a series of encounters between two former lovers who talk about what led them to drift apart, including the importance of music in cementing their relationship.
Whereas the man views classical music as the supreme art form, able to move the mind and body at the profoundest level, the woman sees it as being a primarily intellectual attraction.
She had left him for a new lover, who was a rock musician. The film incorporates a “making-of” dimension, jumping between the main dialogue and then pulling back to show a Spanish director and his crew as they shoot the film.
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