THE AUDITION

DAS VORSPIEL

By Ina WEISSE

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Drama - Completed 2019

Anna is a violin teacher at a music highschool in Berlin. At the annual entrance exam, she decides to admit a boy, Alexander, agaist her colleagues' will. To prove her colleagues wrong, Anna devotes a lot of time to Alexander. But soon enough a rivalry will start between Alexander and Anna's son...

Festivals
& Awards

Toronto - TIFF 2019
Discovery
Stockholm FF 2019
Competition Best Actress
San Sebastian 2019
Best Actress Award for Nina Hoss
    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • GERMANY, FRANCE
    • Languages
    • GERMAN, FRENCH
    • Duration
    • 99 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Ina WEISSE
    • Writer(s)
    • Daphné CHARIZANI, Ina WEISSE
    • Producer(s)
    • Felix VON BOEHM (Lupa Film), Pierre-Olivier BARDET (Ideale Audience)
    • Synopsis
    • Anna Bronsky is a violin teacher at a music-focused high school. Despite the opposition of all the other teachers, Anna drives through the admission of a student, Alexander, in whom she detects a remarkable talent. Committed, she prepares him for the intermediate exam and neglects her family - her son Jonas, whom she brings into competition with her new student, and her husband Philippe. Her colleague Christian, with whom she has an affair, persuades her to join a quintet. When she fails during their joint concert, the pressure mounts and she focuses all her attention on her student Alexander. Come the day of the exam, events take a tragic turn.