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Amanda Seyfried on devotion, obsession and making The Testament of Ann Lee — I.guim.co.uk

Amanda Seyfried on devotion, obsession and making The Testament of Ann Lee

Not many actors ask about audience aftercare, but Amanda Seyfried did during an interview in a London hotel room about her new film The Testament of Ann Lee, asking whether I had watched it with someone to process it. Seated beside her, director Mona Fastvold looked delighted as the two

Amanda Seyfried stars in The Testament of Ann Lee; namesake reflects — I.guim.co.uk

Amanda Seyfried stars in The Testament of Ann Lee; namesake reflects

The musical The Testament of Ann Lee, starring Amanda Seyfried and directed by Mona Fastvold, has drawn an unusual personal reaction from a journalist who shares the film’s title name, Ann Lee. Fastvold co-wrote the script with Brady Corbet, and the film dramatises the life of an 18th‑century

The Testament of Ann Lee blends documented Shaker history with dramatized legend — Static0.colliderimages.com

The Testament of Ann Lee blends documented Shaker history with dramatized legend

Collider reports that Mona Fastvold’s The Testament of Ann Lee, now playing in theaters, stars Amanda Seyfried as Ann Lee, the 18th-century figure who led the Shakers and promoted celibacy and egalitarian worship. The film draws on several documented elements: Lee was born in 18th-century England as the second

‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ Makes Shaker Worship a Physical, Musical Language — Static01.nyt.com

‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ Makes Shaker Worship a Physical, Musical Language

"The Testament of Ann Lee," directed by Mona Fastvold and starring Amanda Seyfried, dramatizes the founder of the Shakers and makes dance and music the film’s primary means of storytelling. Fastvold and choreographer Celia Rowlson-Hall center the Shakers’ ecstatic movement—historically described by the filmmakers as prolonged,