the audition

a film by Ina Weisse • in cinemas on 6 November 2019 • 1h39

With

Nina HOSS, Simon ABKARIAN, Jens ALBINUS, Serafin MISHIEV, Ilja MONTI

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.

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Awards

Prix d’interprétation féminine pour Nina Hoss — Festival international du film de San Sebastian 2019

Credits

Screenplay: Daphné Charizani, Ina Weisse
Cinematography: Judith Kaufmann
Editing: Hansjörg Weissbrich
Sound: Guillaume Sciama
Mixing: Bruno Tarrièr
Production design: Susanne Hopf
Costumes: Petra Kray
Produced by: Felix von Boehm (Lupa Film - Allemagne), Pierre-Olivier Bardet (Ideale Audience - France)
With the participation of: ZDF/arte, Port au Prince Films, DFFF, MBB, MDM, FFA Mini-Traité/CNC, Panoptimo
French distribution: Les Films du Losange
International sales: Les Films du Losange