Manifesto
Cate Blanchett channels a century of artistic rebellion through a gallery of sharply observed, visually audacious human performances.
Overview
A captivating exploration of art and ideology through striking performances.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Dense
- Violence
- None
- witty
- provocative
- cerebral
- gallery cinema viewing
- cinephile evening
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the film's technical precision, visual invention, intellectual ambition, and Cate Blanchett's versatile performances, while noting that its manifesto texts can lose force in feature-film form.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Cate Blanchett performs a succession of discrete manifesto-based monologues in sharply differentiated social and visual contexts.
Avant-garde manifestos are spoken through everyday roles and actions, creating tension between abstract doctrine and mundane behavior.
Cate Blanchett plays all of the central manifesto speakers, shifting among professions, genders, accents, and social settings.
The monologues unfold through meticulously designed tableaux, heightened blocking, and technically precise cinematography.
Films like Manifesto, and why
The Five Obstructions
experimental anthology structure, theatrical performance, and intellectual engagement with art history
The Pillow Book
formally playful meditation on cinema, performance, and artistic conventions
La grande bellezza
stylized art-world satire with provocative ideas and visual formalism
Movie Details
- Director
- Julian Rosefeldt
- Release Date
- 2017-05-10
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 (175)
Cast
- Cate Blanchett
- Erika Bauer
- Carl Dietrich Carls
- Marie Borkowski Foedrowitz
- Ea-Ja Kim
- Marina Michael
- Hannelore Ohlendorf
- Ottokar Sachse
- Ralf Tempel
- Jimmy Trash
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- DocAlliance Films, Howdy Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, DocAlliance Films
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Manifesto about?
- Cate Blanchett channels a century of artistic rebellion through a gallery of sharply observed, visually audacious human performances.
- What is Manifesto like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Manifesto as measured, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as dense.
- Is Manifesto violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Manifesto.
- What did critics think of Manifesto?
- Critics broadly praised the film's technical precision, visual invention, intellectual ambition, and Cate Blanchett's versatile performances, while noting that its manifesto texts can lose force in feature-film form.
- Which films are like Manifesto?
- Films with a similar feel include The Five Obstructions, The Pillow Book, and La grande bellezza.
- How long is Manifesto?
- Manifesto runs 98 minutes.
- Where can I watch Manifesto?
- In United States, Manifesto streams on DocAlliance Films, Howdy Amazon Channel.
