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The Audition

2019 · 99 min

A quietly suffocating character study that tightens like a wire, letting you feel a woman's control fray into fixation.

Overview
Violin teacher Anna Bronsky detects remarkable talent in a student, Alexander. Anna becomes obsessed with mentoring him, neglecting her family and spiralling under mounting pressure. As her fixation overtakes her, all is staked on exam day.

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • ambition
  • family
  • identity
  • guilt
Places
  • school
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Ina Weisse
Written by
Daphne Charizani, Ina Weisse
Starring
Nina Hoss, Simon Abkarian, Jens Albinus, Ilja Monti, Serafin Mishiev, Sophie Rois, Thomas Thieme, Thorsten Merten
Cinematography
Judith Kaufmann
Runtime
99 min
Country
France, Germany
Languages
German, French

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