Title: A thorough gem
Product review: The production values in this film are so fine that I was astonished to learn in the Special Features that it was a 'low budget' film -- a real labor of love by the cast and crew. The Special Features also give an opportunity to better know the extremely admirable writer/director Fredi Murer and the actor Bruno Ganz (who plays the main character's grandfather).When the child prodigy main character has been diagnosed with brain damage and a loss of his musical skill and his extremely high IQ, he spends some time visiting his grandfather. While visiting the grandfather, the child listens to some CDs and then secretly begins to play J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations in his previously highly skilled manner. I wept when the grandfather accidentally comes across this secret performance and then removes his hat and holds it over his heart in respect and gratitude (before quietly leaving the scene so that the boy can maintain his secret).A thorough gem of a movie!
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