Avec Sonia Wieder-Atherton

A celebration of Akerman’s longtime collaborator, cellist Sonia Wieder-Atherton, showing her artistry as she plays and discusses her life in music.

Aside from direct sounds such as the alarm-like hum in Saute ma ville, music wasn’t much of a presence in Akerman’s films until she met cellist Sonia Wieder-Atherton in the early 1980s. Showing the filmmaker’s fascination with the instrument and Wieder-Atherton’s artistry as she plays and discusses her life in music.