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Avoiding alcohol and pork is no problem for Phaim. But how do you rhyme infatuation with no sex before marriage?
87'
Italy
IFFR 2019
Concert pianist Anat’s waters break while she is playing. Devastatingly, her son proves deaf. The 'Baby Mozart' CD her father gives her can go straight in the bin. However, Anat's will to raise a piano genius who would befit her respected musical family only becomes stronger, and she takes drastic measures to make this happen.
Composed as a moral parable with a touch of thriller, God of the Piano tells the story of a mother – played with great reserve by Naama Preis – whose obsessive behaviour and mile-high expectations threaten to crush her child, just as she was once crushed. While focusing on mother-son relations, the film also explores the uncertain nature of prodigy. Is talent inherited? Is there a secret tension or even an interplay between giftedness and averageness? And – most importantly – what price does a person, be it adult or child, pay for being labelled a genius?
IFFR 2019
Programme IFFR 2019
Eight new films presented to an audience jury of five film-lovers. The winning film gets a cinema release in the Netherlands and will be broadcast by VPRO.
Read more about this programmeAvoiding alcohol and pork is no problem for Phaim. But how do you rhyme infatuation with no sex before marriage?
87'
Italy
IFFR 2019
One day, Dorien’s happy life is transformed into smoking ruins in this dry comedy drama.
106'
Belgium
IFFR 2019
Concert pianist Anat goes to extremes to ensure her son follows in the footsteps of her demanding father, a famous composer.
80'
Israel
IFFR 2019