The Audition (2020)

Anna teaches violin at a music school her husband is an instrumentmaker They have a 10yearold son Jonas At school Anna champions young Alexander in whom she alone sees great talent She devotes much energy and attention preparing him for the next stage exam to prove she was right Soon Anna devotes more time to him than to Jonas bringing the two boys into rivalry At the same time her marriage is collapsing she withdraws increasingly from her own family and starts an affair with her colleague Christian who is encouraging her to join a quartet When she fails during their joint concert the pressure mounts With Alexander now her vehicle she drives him ever onwards and upwards Come the day of the exam events take a tragic turn