Her boyfriend, Martin Bauer (MATTHEW GOODE), an architect who's developed plans for a new city bridge, isn't particularly pleased since the composer has a reputation for being demanding and mean. Moreover, Mother Canisius (PHYLLIDA LAW), the nun who runs the convent where Anna lives, tries to warn her of what happens when dreams meet reality, especially since the young woman longs to write and conduct her own music, something unheard of in their day and age.
As Anna tries to get accustomed to Beethoven's ways and rules, she must also contend with his good-for-nothing adult nephew, Karl (JOE ANDERSON), who only uses his uncle for money to sustain his gambling habit and pay off his debts.
As the days count down toward the performance of Beethoven's first new symphony in a decade, Anna races to complete her work, all with hopes of impressing the composer enough that he might take a look at her own composition.
Various characters have varying degrees of bad attitudes, including a man who smashes another man's architectural model, while other brief contact occurs between people. There's brief drinking and one woman smokes once, while some scatological material is present, as is a brief view of a person being bled for (antiquated) medical purposes.
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For those prone to visually induced motion sickness, there are varying amounts of camera movement -- sometimes bouncy, sometimes spin around shots or rapid panning -- throughout the film.
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(2006) (Ed Harris, Diane Kruger) (PG-13)
Alcohol/
DrugsBlood/Gore
Disrespectful/
Bad AttitudeFrightening/
Tense ScenesGuns/
Weapons
Minor
Mild
Heavy
Minor
None
Imitative
BehaviorJump
ScenesMusic
(Scary/Tense)Music
(Inappropriate)Profanity
Mild
None
None
None
Moderate
Sex/
NuditySmoking
Tense Family
ScenesTopics To
Talk AboutViolence
Moderate
Minor
Mild
Moderate
Mild
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Reviewed November 1, 2006 / Posted November 17, 2006
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