vitus portray a kid who struggle to choose between his parent dream and his own . anyone with over ambitious parent can relate . the acting be incredible . see the grandfather in the role be excellent i first saw him a hitler in the german film untergang ( downfall ) about hitler last day . he do a marvelous job in both film . anyone interested in foreign film should see it it stir up a bit of chaos for directly portray hitler and evoke sympathy for him . in vitus and the young boy who play vitus at age twelve be an actual piano prodigy . there be no need to fake piano play he really be play in the film . the person who elect to do this be genius and they add and incredible amount of credibility to the entire feature . the movie be excellent and come to the u soon . a u remake be already be discuss a testament to the excellence of the film .