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The Four Temperaments

The Four Temperaments

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 8, 2020

Runtime

0h 3m

Original Title

The Four Temperaments

Production Companies

Acute Art, Dazed

Director

Marco Brambilla

Description

The work follows Greek philosopher Galen’s classification of four personality dispositions—sanguine, choleric, phlegmatic, and melancholic. In the film, Blanchett is seen playing four characters, each representing one of the temperaments. Denoted by color, we see the actor’s face appear on the screen bathed in yellow portraying sanguine, red for choleric, blue as melancholic, and green for phlegmatic. As Blanchett’s personalities are displayed in a series of synchronized images, she begins establishing each distinguished character.