“The Testament of Ann Lee,” a sometimes punishing look at the turbulent life of 18th-centuryShaker leader Ann Lee, is definitely not for everyone ... .
The act of faith, of believing, is by definition something that can't be seen. Religious devotion is difficult to capture on film. "The Testament of Ann Lee," a portrait of the woman who led the movement known as the Shakers... .
The festival has announced its opening night film, Mona Fastvold’s The Testament of Ann Lee, the remarkable true story of the founder of the devotional Christian sect known as the Shakers in the mid-18th century ....
Rather than spinning off in different directions, 'The Testament of Ann Lee' is held together by the resonant and committed performance of Seyfried, who continues to prove herself an actor of astonishing depth.
Amanda Seyfried reveals biggest challenge while starring in 'The Testament of Ann Lee'. Amanda Seyfried has gotten candid about her role as a spiritual leader in Mona Fastvold's movie, The Testament of Ann Lee.
“It was scary,” says the actress, who plays the Mancunian founder of the Shakers religious movement in Mona Fastvold’s Venice premiere ... Such faith was essential for the role Fastvold was pitching Seyfried ... The experience was not easy.
Appropriately enough, The Testament Of Ann Lee began with a song ... The Testament Of Ann Lee is built around a series of musical numbers, beginning with an image of dancers in 18th-century period dress lined up in geometric formations.
Here, Bader talks to Vogue about the extensive research process that underpinned his designs, the story behind that jaw-dropping ship sequence, and why the Shaker aesthetic still resonates today.
But writer-director Mona Fastvold has a different goal in mind with her historical drama The Testament Of Ann Lee... Yet The Testament Of Ann Lee also takes a non-judgmental approach to understanding Ann as she might have understood herself.