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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 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? (International Film Festival Rotterdam)
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The plot itself is not bad, but the whole story seems a bit far-fetched in several ways. For example, the exchange of babies in the maternity ward could not have happened as easily without anyone noticing. Another surprising thing is the musical talent of the boy with foreign genes, which is usually passed down in the family from generation to generation. Moreover, the protagonist Anat often behaves quite strangely in her role as a mother. On the musical side, however, there's nothing to fault about the film, and I don't really have any objections to the many questions it raises toward the end. (65%)
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