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Family drama tells the tale of a highly-gifted boy - Vitus, who has hypersensitive hearing and reads the encyclopedia for...
Family drama tells the tale of a highly-gifted boy - Vitus, who has hypersensitive hearing and reads the encyclopedia for recreation - whose parents have demanding and ambitious plans for him - they want him to become a pianist. However, one day the boy, Vitus, is no longer willing to comply with his parents' plans and ambitions.
Foolishly jumping off his balcony after donning a pair of wooden wings tooled by his grandfather, Vitus hits upon the idea of pretending the fall has robbed him of his talent.
Foolishly jumping off his balcony after donning a pair of wooden wings tooled by his grandfather, Vitus hits upon the idea of pretending the fall has robbed him of his talent.
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80 %14,894 reviewsAudience score rating
"A fine example of old-fashioned story-telling and also will dance wherever detailed character development and leisurely-paced drama are appreciated..."
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Variety
Variety"Touching, well-performed film about the burden of life for a child prodigy..."
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New Zealand Herald
New Zealand Herald"Here's a must-see art house offering... Vitus embraces the good and the bad sides of being a genius, and oscillates from wildly irritating to completely charming in seconds..."
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Newshub
Newshub"The tale is at times engaging, especially when Ganz pops in, with his mischievous twinkle, but more often we're left wondering why we came..."
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Christchurch Press
Christchurch PressVitus | Details
- Rating
- PG, contains low level offensive language
- Runtime
- 100
- Genre
- Drama
- Country of origin
- Switzerland
