Music | Period Drama | 110 minutes

In early 18th-century Venice, Cecilia struggles to survive in a secluded and cold orphanage for abandoned girls, where she and her peers are trained to perform in a renowned all-female musical ensemble. Hidden behind screens and convent walls, the girls play for tourists, dignitaries, and wealthy male patrons whose support keeps the institution afloat. Under the strict rule of unsympathetic nuns and with little hope for their futures, many cling to dreams that their mothers will return—or that an arranged marriage to a benefactor might offer a way out.

Cecilia, a gifted young virtuoso, knows that her only chance at freedom lies beyond the walls that confine her and hopes that her mother will come to get her out. When the brilliant and unconventional Antonio Vivaldi arrives as the ensemble’s new instructor, he immediately recognizes her extraordinary talent. -KM

Primavera draws inspiration from the real history of Vivaldi’s nearly three decades teaching at the Ospedale della Pietà and from Tiziano Scarpa’s novel Stabat Mater. Lush, atmospheric, and deeply moving, the film offers a powerful portrait of creativity blossoming against the odds and a young woman’s fight to claim her place in a world determined to silence her.

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