Anna Bronsky is a violin teacher at a music high school. Despite the opposition of all the other teachers, Anna drives through the admission of a boy in whom she detects a remarkable talent. She will work with Alexander with great dedication and prepares him for the midterm exam - neglecting her son Jonas at the same time. From her husband, the French violin maker Philippe Bronsky, she distances herself more and more. 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. With Alexander now her vehicle, she drives him ever onwards and upwards. Come the day of the exam, events take a tragic turn...
Ina Weisse (Berlin, 1968) has developed an extensive career as an actress, mainly in television, with titles including Das Ende einer Nacht (2012), for which she won German Television’s Best Actress Award, and Ein großer Aufbruch (2015), landing her the Adolf Grimme Prize. From 2000 to 2002 she studied Directing at Hamburg University. Her graduation short, Alles anders, won the First Steps Award in Germany in 2002. Her feature film debut was Der architekt (The Architect), screened at the Berlinale in 2009 and Best Screenplay Award winner at the Max Ophüls Festival. Das vorspiel (The Audition) is her second feature film.