Susan Starr is a talented young concert pianist preparing for the biggest competition of her life. She also happens to have a terrible cold that keeps her in bed and an omnipresent mother. Battling against 34 of the most talented pianists in the world at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, Susan hopes to win not only prize money in the Dimitri Mitropoulos International Piano Competition, but also the recognition that could launch the musical career for which she has been working since she was three years old. Following Susan through the hectic days leading up to the event and through the competition itself, the film captures the intense reality of an aspiring young artist facing the challenge of her life.
Hope Ryden
Director
D. A. Pennebaker
Director
Public Speaking70%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story62%
Directed by John Ford70%
The Class of ‘9271%
Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present73%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
Lionel Messi: Destiny78%
Tricked: The Documentary61%
A Plastic Ocean75%
McQueen74%
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition86%
Tabloid64%
My Mom Jayne80%
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return67%
The Captains63%
Maternal Instinct71%
Extremis69%
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty77%
Champs63%
