Museum Hours

A powerfully contemplative look at the transformative ability of all art.
-- Eric Kohn, indieWIRE

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Museum Hours

Acclaimed filmmaker Jem Cohen’s new feature, Museum Hours, is a mesmerizing tale of two adrift strangers who find refuge in Vienna’s grand Kunsthistorisches Art Museum. Johann, a museum guard, spends his days silently observing both the art and the visitors. Anne, suddenly called to Vienna from overseas, has been wandering the city in a state of limbo. A chance meeting sparks a deepening connection that draws them through the halls of the museum and the streets of the city. The exquisitely photographed MUSEUM HOURS is an ode to the bonds of friendship, an exploration of an unseen Vienna, and the power of art to both mirror and alter our lives.
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Genre
Drama
Web Site
http://www.museumh…
Runtime
106
Language
German, English
Director
Jem Cohen
Cast
Mary Margaret O'Hara, Ela Piplits
FEATURED REVIEW
A.O. Scott, New York Times

The distinction between life and art is one that all genuine works of art live to unmake, even if the circumstances in which we experience art have a way of maintaining the barrier. An art museum, for example, is designated as a place apart from the zones of ordinary existence. We enter to gaze upon ...

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