God of the Piano

80 minutes

Hebrew

Israel

Anat (Naama Preis, winner of the Jerusalem Film Festival award for Best Actress) has never been able to reach her father’s exacting musical standards, and now her family's hope of producing a musical prodigy rests on her unborn son. When the baby is born deaf, she cannot accept it and resorts to extreme measures to ensure that her child will be the composer that her father always wanted. But when the boy grows up indifferent to his destiny as a great pianist, Anat will have to stand up to her father - and her own actions.

starring...

Naama Preis

Anat

Zeev Shimshoni

Arieh

Andi Levi

Idan

Leora Rivlin

Eli Gornstein

Baruch

Writer, Director, Editor

Itay Tal

Cinematography

Meidan Arama

Music

Roie Shpigler, Hillel Teplitzki

Pianist

Eran Zvirin

Production Design

Shir Kleiman

executive Producer

Hila Ben-Shushan

75% on the CINEMETER

STL

75% - Oct 27, 2019

A mother's expectations--child must follow in family's "tradition," to the neglect of all that was important to the child--thing that went beyond music--he wasn't allowed to be a child. Anat--very stiff/the way she held her body, held everything in, very stiff/focused only on music.
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A story of a mother who had the same ambition for her son that he father had for her, even though what she wanted was not necessarily what he wanted.
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I thought Naama Preis was terrific. I do wish we had been able to see first 20 minutes because it would have given me a better understanding of her situation. It still was an amazing character study. Sorry the technology didn't cooperate but all was not lost.
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A story about a mother's conflicted relationship with her father and son. She was unable to accept her son's deficit. The result is unhappiness and tension for everyone.
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Beautiful music, excellent acting, but a confused storyline. Feels very unfinished at the end. Also difficult to evaluate without first 20 minutes.
St. Louis Member

Interesting, promising film--would have loved to see it in its entirety. Wonderful editing, rich storytelling.
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