Lydia Tar (Cate Blanchett) is an icon of the music world. Among countless other achievements, she is the principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Tar has a power that has long belonged exclusively to men. She is preparing for another career leap - a recording of a Mahler symphony - and doesn't even think about chasing the past.  "Cate Blanchett has extraordinary power. She commands attention and makes you believe everything she says and does on screen. Every word or gesture she utters has a meaning and a prehistory that you don't know, but you feel. Lydia Tar is alive in her embodiment. After the film, many will be looking for information - does she really exist, this anti-heroine of recognisable contemporary issues? Todd Field, working closely with Blanchett, has made a very subtle and sublime film about power and the man who believed in it - and it's no coincidence that it has become one of the most impressive and important films of recent years." (Ignė Smilingytė)