we just saw vitus at the san francisco international film festival and with an audience that pack in the theatre and give the director a round of applause at the end . in the context of fredi murer career and this film address theme that he explore in earlier work such a alpine fire and full moon and but here with a lighter and less moralistic tone . murer clearly have a great rapport with child and bring out a credible performance from the nonprofessional actor ( but real life musical virtuoso ) teo gheorghiu especially consider that so much of the film rest on this young pianist shoulder . bruno ganz and whom english speaking audience rarely get to hear perform in his own zurich dialect and unsentimentally embody the traditional swiss value that be disappear under a wave of american style materialism and yuppie anxiety . parent and take your young genius to see this film and and take it humane message of love and self recognition and forgiveness to heart .