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  • 2020
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2020
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 39 m

Summary Anna Bronsky is a violin teacher at a music-focused high school. Despite the opposition of all other teachers, Anna drives through the admission of a student, Alexander, in whom she detects a remarkable talent. Committed, she prepares him for the intermediate exam and neglects her family – her son Jonas, whom she brings into competition...

Directed By: Ina Weisse

Written By: Daphne Charizani, Ina Weisse

  • 2020
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2020
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 39 m

The Audition

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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Summary Anna Bronsky is a violin teacher at a music-focused high school. Despite the opposition of all other teachers, Anna drives through the admission of a student, Alexander, in whom she detects a remarkable talent. Committed, she prepares him for the intermediate exam and neglects her family – her son Jonas, whom she brings into competition...

Directed By: Ina Weisse

Written By: Daphne Charizani, Ina Weisse

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
65
62% Positive
8 Reviews
31% Mixed
4 Reviews
8% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
65
62% Positive
8 Reviews
31% Mixed
4 Reviews
8% Negative
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90
Jun 25, 2020
A treat that becomes a chilling enthrallment, one of those closely observed dramas you love — for its intimacy, calm authority and mystery — even before you begin to get what it’s really about.
By Joe Morgenstern FULL REVIEW
80
Jun 25, 2020
There’s a special thrill in seeing an actor known for her own eerie perfectionism playing a woman who can’t abide imperfection in herself or others.
By Justin Chang FULL REVIEW
75
Jun 23, 2020
With great clarity, the film conveys how discipline can be directed both inward and outward.
By Pat Brown FULL REVIEW
70
Apr 5, 2022
Despite the evasive final scenes which avoid resolving or contextualising Hoss’s fragile mental state, Weisse delivers a captivating psychological exploration of the all-encompassing plights of achieving excellence.
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60
Apr 5, 2022
In light of the strange, brutal ending that’s more foreshadowed than it seems, it’s hard to work out where Weisse wants to land on issues around the best way to coax talent, especially in fields such as music where you have to put in a relentless amount of hours to achieve the highest results.
By Leslie Felperin FULL REVIEW
50
Jun 26, 2020
There’s a quiet intensity that runs throughout The Audition. Although most of it feels like a subtle family and teacher drama, sharp anxious pangs occasionally disrupt the film’s otherwise gentle pace. Eventually, these feelings spin the film’s main character out-of-control into a truly baffling conclusion that feels neither right nor earned. It’s almost as if it were the ending of another movie entirely.
By Monica Castillo FULL REVIEW
25
Jun 24, 2020
The Audition is a harsh, and often cheap, picture that offers a fragmented view of a family diseased by the pursuit of perfection, who yet enable the behavior to continue at the ongoing cost of their happiness.
By Kevin Jagernauth FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Idéale Audience, Lupa Film, Port au Prince Film & Kultur Produktion
Release Date Jun 26, 2020
Duration 1 h 39 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://cineuropa.org/en/interview/356464/
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Awards

San Sebastián International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Stockholm Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
German Film Critics Association Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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