Vision: From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen

It is a memorable, beautiful film.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, Vision is didactic and a bit stilted-although to be fair, so are most mainstream biopics rehashing historical events more familiar than this one, which presents its subject as a rousing protofeminist.

There was obviously much to this woman, yet somehow Visions feels curiously empty feeling.

Vision is shot through with issues of power - personal, political, spiritual. Which makes it a terrifically resonant work.

Von Trotta's film is competently made, with impressive lighting and design.

As a religious drama, It captivates me when Von Trotta captures an austere, absorbing and very realistic portrait of the desire for female independence. [Full review in Spanish]

A lovely and lyrical film, and thanks to some striking production design and cinematography, it is a period piece that doesn't feel like a period piece.

Sukowa gives Hildegard intriguing complexity and an almost irresistible charisma ... but the great [film] about this woman who embraced faith, art, and science is yet to arrive.