God of the Piano
Classical Music Family Dramas • Drama
Anat (Naama Preis, Best Actress winner at the Jerusalem Film Festival) has never been able to reach her father’s exacting musical standards, so the family's hope of producing a talented composer rests on her unborn son. After giving birth to a deaf child, Anat takes drastic measures to ensure that he becomes the musical prodigy her father always wanted. But when the boy grows up indifferent to achieving his destiny as a great pianist, Anat is forced to stand up to her father and confront the harsh realities of her past.
A “remarkably potent film . . . that has an affinity with the works of Lucrecia Martel & Michael Haneke. Critic's Pick!" (New York Times)
DIRECTED BY ITAY TAL
ISRAEL | 2019 | HEBREW WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
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