The Audition

The Audition

2019 · 99 min · DE · 5.8 (50 votes)
Dir. Ina Weisse · Starring Nina Hoss, Simon Abkarian, Jens Albinus, Ilja Monti, Serafin Mishiev, Sophie Rois
Drama

Violin teacher Anna Bronsky detects remarkable talent in a student, Alexander. Anna becomes obsessed with mentoring him, neglecting her family and spiralling under mounting pressure. As her fixation overtakes her, all is staked on exam day.

VIBE

This film feels like a slow-building pressure cooker. It's an intimate, anxious character study about the corrosive effects of ambition and obsession, set against a backdrop of classical music.

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