<i>The Testament of Ann Lee</i> Is Like No Other Movie You’ve Seen

How much do ambition and chutzpah count in filmmaking these days? The Testament of Ann Lee, directed by Mona Fastvold, is for better or worse like no other movie you’ve seen. A musical about the founder of a religious sect established in the 18th century, a woman who believed in a Utopian society, even as she espoused that the only way to earn God’s grace was to embrace celibacy? If you’re looking for a conceit that’s going to pack ’em in, that’s not it. But in a world where we’re handed predigested information every day...