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Sixth wheel, left over center.

Very well.

Ten o 'clock from security.

I mean, excuse me.

cold hairpiece on her head, but it's
really, it's gargantuan. You know the

style. And she's also, oddly, wearing a
very oversized trench coat, even though

it's 90 -some degrees in the auditorium.
And she's intercepted and searched by

security, and inside her hairpiece, she
was wearing a microphone.

Yes. A microphone. And under her coat...

A recording device.

True story.

Unbelievable.

But you see, I forbid recordings because
I believe that the only true way to

experience music is live inside a
concert hall, not on a recording.

Absolutely, Maestro.

There's already great excitement across
Japan about your tour with the Munich

Philharmonic. Well, thank you. My last
visit to Japan was so enlightening.

And by the way, thank you for sending me
the contract before our meeting. That's

enlightening as well.

Oh, of course, maestro. I trust it has
all conditions you requested.

Ten rehearsals per program.

Yes, well, it seems in this life,
however, there's always an article

Tanka. The one which mentions digital
exploitations of the concerts?

Two years after the tour, maestro.

By then, our technology will enable a
perfect replica of the live experience.

No, it won't, actually. Anyway, you're
missing the point.

Maestro. Your technology...

Only takes us further and further away
from the live sound.

And a live audience listening to the
sound in a concert hall. So there

will be no recordings.

Master, digital technology... No, don't
semantic me. I'm not interested.

The economics of our business are
changing.

Economics, you've...

useless, miserable pricks. You made the
economics.

People like you are killing classical
music. People even

lost the ear for live concerts.

You murderers, shame on you! You
murdered classical music. It is dead

of you and people like you. It is dead
and you are guilty!

Guilty!

Shame on you and all your digital
microphones, you motherfucking

For your distinguished service to our
nation.

We name you Colonel Demosthene
Cheribidake, citizen of honor of the

Yash, and we award you the commemorative
cross.

Where did you go after the ceremony?

Your absence at the feast was an insult.

Noticed by everyone.

I repeat, where did you go?

Follow me, Sergius.

Children, eat your dinner.

Why can't you respect the standards of
handling?

Answer me.

You should find some more interesting
subjects to film.

I should have filmed the other day.

Yeah, with Tanaka?

No, that subject is as old as the
scriptures.

You need to do fresh, original stories.

Meaningful ones.

Well, it seemed pretty meaningful from
where I was sitting.

As we know, I don't respond well to that
kind of deception.

Whatever films you decide to create, we
can make them truthful.

Yeah, I want to. I mean, you could see
the footage I've been getting. It's all

beautiful, really.

I'm sure.

But always the truth.

Beauty is only debate.

Did you find it?

Find what?

The truth.

Oh.

I suppose at times when in a concert
everything

comes together and all the elements
unite,

it is possible, barely possible, to
transcend

beauty.

And, uh... Are you composing?

Still searching.

Well done, son.

Top of your class across all subjects.

As expected.

Please.

Outstanding in German and English.

One day it will be your station.

You will continue my battle by serving
the nation to earn your career.

When you're finally examined, 19 out of
20.

Not good enough, Sergei.

And why an A -minus in social science?

He tested us outside the curriculum.

I don't think anybody got an A.

You're not anybody.

You're a chelibidake.

And to remind you of that, I have
something.

You may.

I bought it for you on the day you were
born.

A warm and sunny day, I remember.

And a mantis day, my first son.

The heir to the Cholibidache dynasty.

Do you like it? Of course, father.

I like it very much.

Excellent. A tie for a future prime
minister of Romania.

Thank you, father.

He's dead, you... Janelle!

Janelle! Janelle!

Janelle!

What the hell, mate?

What the hell?

Don't do that. Come on, come on.

Great goal, Susan.

You can't do that, Janelle.

Hey, you're done for the day.

What? Janelle, it's time to call off.

Look at you.

Hi, Captain.

Now that's taking one for the team.

Who's that?

Yes, he's as quick as a fox.

Let me see your elbow.

It's nothing.

I'll be the judge of that.

Hmm.

Interesting.

What is?

You will win.

Yeah, we're three up with ten minutes to
go.

No, you will win, Sergiu.

You'll be a king.

A king without a crown.

Shalom, Sergiu.

Shalom, daughter.

So, you and Golda.

Nice.

I saw you chatting. She took your hand.

When she took my hand, she was talking
about you.

Oh, nice of you. Very smooth. Come on,
don't bullshit me. I swear, brother.

Yeah, nice try.

Anyway, wouldn't work.

Golda and me, we're just not compatible.

I mean...

Wouldn't work, would it?

Definitely not.

Father's in his office.

Come in.

The last three prime ministers of
Romania graduated

in the Bucharest Polytechnic Institute.

This letter of acceptance gave me your
ticket to rule our country.

Romania should be led, not ruled.

I disagree, but you'll come to
understand.

Truth is, our people need a strong
leader.

It won't be me, Father.

After the Great War, I spent months in
the hospital with blisters all over my

body from the poison gas.

I prayed that I'd recover enough to
continue my service to our country.

I never told anyone except your mother
that I was in too much pain.

But I was at peace.

Because I knew you would go where I
could not.

Father. I informed the Polytechnic
Institute that I will not be attending

fall.

Or ever.

I'm sorry, did you what?

I love music. I would like to become a
composer.

Nonsense. What absolute nonsense,
Sergio.

You like...

Music? That's fine. That's not what I
like, Father. It's who I am.

No, no, no.

You are fooling yourself, Sergio.

You don't want to be a composer.

I'll write to the Institute and tell
them you made an error. My mind is made

I can't live without music. Music?

That's for gypsies.

You will honour this family, Sergio.

If I ever hear that ludicrous idea
again, you will be severely punished.

The days of your punishments are over,
Father.

While you live under this roof, you will
do as I say.

If you choose to pursue that path, you
will do so without any family support,

without me, without your mother.

You'll be on your own.

Then I shall leave in the morning.

Make sure you return the yellow tie.

Who's your gift?

Well, since you've opted for the life of
a gypsy, you'll have no need for it.

You'll end up in some sleazy piano bar
surrounded by drunks and whores.

The tithe day's here.

Good luck.

Good luck.

Go and press another call, Sir Jim.

How's it coming along?

Not very good.

May I just come out?

Thank you, Poof.

Thank you.

What about Mickey?

What about Mickey?

Well, you know, a film maker doesn't
necessarily make millions, especially

a documentary maker.

What do we leave him?

We leave him what's most essential in
education, the fundamental values,

principles.

What? You keep giving your money away to
all these people.

India, Tibet, wherever.

You don't even know what it's used for.

Are we really discussing this again?

Give away all the money you want.

But think of him, Biffy.

The city royalties could really give him
time just to find his way.

I can't do that. I can't.

I might as well sell cocaine.

Ah, pity.

Well, where's the difference? They're
both pleasurable. They're both

They're both deadly.

You exaggerate, as usual.

Yes, I do exaggerate.

Recorded music is much worse.

Mickey will be fine, I think.

Sorry. Sorry, I had no money.

You.

What's your name?

I'm really a man.

Not interested. I'm sorry.

That's awfully presumptuous for someone
who sleeps on a bench.

I'm Sergio.

Hello, Sergio. I'm Ortancia.

Pleasure. What brings you here?

Nothing. I got lost, I suppose.

Do you have a trade?

Yes, I'm a musician.

Where's your instrument?

You sing?

No.

I don't sing. I play piano.

Oh.

I write, too.

What kind of music?

Anything.

Everything.

Dad.

Then I might be able to help you.

Oh, no. It's... Thank you. But, um...
No, it's okay. Everything's, uh...

Everything's under control.

Yes.

It's very under control.

Why don't you audition at the bar where
I work?

Pretty boy like you.

Please do not worry about me, Mother.

I am safe and well.

Bucharest is a wonderfully vibrant city.

I have already found employment playing
the piano in an acclaimed establishment.

I have also made good acquaintances
there, some of them highly influential.

I live comfortably in a residential area
of good standing.

I miss you, but rest assured that I am
not in need of anything.

Pretty soon you'll have used up all the
notes in the world.

At least he's got all the staff paper.

Play me one. I want to hear your
favourite.

None of them is ready.

Why do I worry? I'll be old and deaf
before

one is ready.

How did I get so lucky?

For sure.

And your eyes.

They melted a little when I first looked
into them.

Which is something for a hard heart like
me.

You're not a hard heart.

You're the kindest person I've ever met.

How do you do that?

Do what?

The thing you do.

Keep smiling through it all.

Do I?

I sometimes focus my mind on where I
want to be.

rather than where I am.

Where do you want to be?

At this very moment, I wouldn't want to
be anywhere else in the world.

One, two, three, four.

and eight and one two three four five
six

seven and eight one two three four

five six seven and eight one

What are you doing?

Sorry, madame. My feet wanted to do one
more spin.

Fifth position, please.

Okay, ladies, now get around the piano.

And smile.

is one of Germany's most avant -garde
composers and a leading figure of the

classicism movement.

Heinz Thyssen is one of the world's
leading figures of classical music.

In the news, Germany's Chancellor Hitler
today reaffirms his country's

commitment to asserting its sovereignty
amidst complex international climate.

Addressing the Reichstag, he underscored
the German government's commitment to

peace. stressing that Germany's pursuit
of sovereignty should not be

misconstrued as a desire for aggression.

Rather, he stated, it aims to secure the
nation's future in a world marked by

geopolitical uncertainties.

I prayed this day would come.

But I always hoped it would be another
day.

Before I change my mind and tie you to
the bed.

Is this seat taken?

No, no, please.

Thank you.

I nearly missed it.

Where are you headed, young man?

Berlin. Berlin?

Yes.

Berlin.

Also, English professor at Friedrich
Wilhelm University.

Albert Einstein studied there.

Did he do?

Dr. Einstein now lives in the United
States.

I didn't know that.

Young man, Germany is changing.

The way things are moving, it will not
get easier for people like you.

People like me?

Well, foreigners, minorities.

This fuel is gradually taking away
rights and freedoms from a lot of

So -called opponents.

Word on the street is it will get much,
much worse.

Thank you.

Mr. Professor, it's me!

Professor Thyssen, it's me, Chelybidake.

Chelybidake.

Chelybidake.

Come in.

Come in.

Dear Sonia, I write to you from Berlin,
where I have been taken in by Professor

Thiessen, a very prominent composer who
seems to believe in me.

We have been poring over the Romantic
repertoire. It is beyond enthralling.

We are also working on my own
compositions, which is leading me to

new discoveries.

Have you managed to get a chicken today?

Your hands.

Sergio, your hands.

What?

Your hands are our free will bird.

Dirigiere.

Wie bitte?

Dirigiere deine Partitur, Sergio.

Ich spiele.

No, no, no.

No, no, no. No, no, no.

No, no, no.

No,

no, no.

No, no, no. No, no, no. No,

no, no.

Very much better. Very good.

Yes.

You feel the music so clearly. It flows
through you. It's just great.

That makes me happy, but... I'm
determined to become a composer.

Today,

the professor opened my eyes to the
richness of conducting.

He wants me to try for the Berlin Music
Conservatory exam.

He says that the future belongs to
conductors because people need to put a

to the music.

He believes I have a special gift for
it.

The tension around Berlin is palpable.

New laws have stripped away almost all
rights from the Jews.

The Germans look upon foreigners with
suspicion, especially if their skin is

darker.

But I feel safe for Professor Deason's,
where music fills my days and my nights.

Love to all, Sergio.

You find on the list that I have just
hung on the attack board the names of

successful applicants for the previous
admission of students at the

conservatory. In addition, the admission
for Mr. Sergio Chalipitake

is successful with a special award for
outstanding performance in conducting.

You have been admitted, Professor?

What? They're here?

Sorry.

You did it.

Congratulations.

What are you doing? Do I mean?

There's no water here. The water is down
there. If you'd like to swim.

With me, please.

You see, this music only...

Exists here in this place.

So there's no need to fetch it outside
ourselves You

just find your natural center react to
the live

sound to the living sound Very well

now who's next

Heil Hitler! Guten Morgen!

Setzen!

Meine Herren, in der heutigen
Unterrichtsstunde sprechen wir über Ihre

Wahrnehmung und Wertschätzung meines
gestrigen Konzertes. Ich hoffe

dass es Ihnen gefallen hat.

Wer möchte gerne seine Gedanken mit uns
teilen?

Thank you very much.

I would rather not go into more detail.

Please.

I thought the concert had a few small
flaws.

Even errors.

Errors.

First, the tempo was too fast.

Way too fast.

Especially in the first line. And then
they prioritized the first violin after

the melody was taken over by the second
violin with other words. They start a

line, then they end it.

Who thought it was too fast?

I have a completely different opinion.

I thought the tempo was just right.

And the balance between the violins was
just remarkable.

Tut mir leid, aber du kapierst es
einfach nicht.

Nun, wie Sie sehen, ist Ihre Sichtweise
rein subjektiv. Unser

Wiener Freund hier scheint das Konzert
geschätzt zu haben.

then we could actually go very, very
far.

Until then, learn from those who have
experience

and who have been chosen to teach you. I
thank you.

I will do that.

Wonderful. So, where did we stop?

Darling mother, please do not worry.

If I am drafted to serve in the Romanian
army, I have made the decision that I

will refuse.

I cannot condone our country siding with
Germany given their abuse and cruelty.

The Jews have had their homes and
businesses confiscated and are

designated areas.

I worry terribly what might happen to
Golda when German soldiers are stationed

in Romania.

Although food is scarce, Professor
Thiessen has a good reserve of coal, so

will stay warm through the winter.

A bit late.

On the way home, officer.

Search.

Romanian!

Pants down!

What did you say?

Your pants!

Down!

Keep going.

We can't see anything.

Good luck.

Too small.

Forget it.

Romanian asshole.

The instability in the valley creates a
foreignness, a mysterious tension,

something threatening.

Ich verstehe dich, Sergio.

Wir alle fühlen uns hilflos.

Aber Musik ist deine Gabe, deine Waffe.

Musikaufführung der großen Meister und
vielleicht eines Tages dein eigenes

So kannst du in diesem Wahnsinn einen
Hoffnungsschimmer geben.

Verwende dein Talent.

Teile es mit der Welt.

So much tension.

The bird is still sleeping.

You see, such diversity is only offered
by the Russian repertoire.

Fire under the softest hell.

Stravinsky is like Dostoevsky, only in
musical language.

I didn't tell you about tomorrow's
conservatory, did I?

Russian art is now totally forbidden.

Mickey,

I thought you weren't back until
Tuesday.

I've been looking for you everywhere.

Contemplating your mother's new work.

Extraordinary. Good trip?

Yeah, really good.

I loved you, Eckie, but I think NYU is a
film school for me.

You love New York. Such energy, so much
culture.

Yeah. I must have gone to ten museums.

And I went to this concert conducted by
a new hotshot conductor.

I got a CD.

And I thought maybe, you know, you could
give him a hand.

Well, if it's a career he's seeking,
you'd better stay well away from me.

Do you mind if I play you a few bars?

Not at all.

Vicky, what the hell is this?

I mean, you thought this was good?

This is an abomination. Who is this
conductor?

He's an absolute ignoramus.

Dad, it is you.

Munich, 1982.

Where did you find this?

Some bootleg off of 42nd Street. We knew
it was going on, but this is on every

street corner.

And this proves my point, Mickey.

This is music that cannot be recorded.

Cannot be.

This is total crap.

You can't hear that?

These are the goddamn crooks. Yes,
goddamn crooks, but you're letting it

How am I letting it happen? You're
letting them take money that belongs to

You're allowing them to freely exploit
your work. Because I forbid the release

of what I don't consider to be music?
God!

That is elitist bullshit.

Mickey. I'm sorry, but it's true.

You're cutting people off. You're
cutting your own audience off. I have

entire life, day and night, bringing
real music. Some people cannot get to

show. And that's my fault? Mickey, I
refuse to sell a lie.

Oh, go ahead. Fine.

Keep jousting with windmills. It's a
losing battle.

Well, perhaps, but it's a battle worth
fighting.

Never settled for less than perfection,
son. Never!

All right.

Amen.

Die Berliner Philharmoniker.

Sie suchen einen neuen Dirigenten.

Und Frau Stegler, was ist mit ihm? Er
kann nicht. Er hat unter Hitler

Sie müssen sich von ihrer Nazi
-Vergangenheit lösen. Sie brauchen neues

Die Amerikaner organisieren einen
Wettbewerb, um den neuen Dirigenten

auszusuchen.

Was hat das mit mir zu tun?

Alles, junger Mann.

Das hat alles mit dir zu tun.

Professor, you know very well that I
want to become a composer.

I have so much to say with my music,
especially now, everything I have to

Your voice will be heard, Sergio.

But we have to offer you a stage now.
And the opportunity to conduct the best

orchestra in the world is a gift from
heaven.

I don't have a chance at all.

Speak the language.

You speak music?

10 o 'clock tomorrow morning.

Titania Palace.

A great opportunity, isn't it?

Yes.

Looks like candidates from every allied
nation.

What did you prepare?

For the free program?

It's so rich.

So large.

I rushed it there.

It's a shame.

What did you prepare?

Dvořák.

Next!

And just skip to the free program. Name
and occupation, please.

Sergio Celebidache, student of
composition and orchestral conducting at

Berlin Conservatory of Music.

Where are you from, Mr.

Celeb... Celebidache.

I'm Romanian, sir.

Thank you.

What piece have you selected?

I haven't selected anything, sir.
Louder. We can't hear you from back

not chosen a particular piece.

May we know why?

I would prefer to conduct anything of
your choosing, a piece you'd like to

How thoughtful of you.

Yes, sir.

Since by now you might have tired of
Dvorak.

Please take your pick. I'm...

I'm rather familiar with the whole
repertoire.

Is this a joke?

Anything, huh? What an arrogant piece of
shit.

Don't worry.

I'll teach this twit a little modesty.

How about some Stravinsky?

That'll cut him down to size. That's an
excellent idea.

Russian repertoire.

Brilliant picture.

Very well.

Why don't we try the firebird?

Stravinsky.

Excellent selection, sir.

It's all yours, maestro.

Thank you, that won't be necessary.

This is kind of brief.

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.

It's too much, too much.

Too loud. You're coming in much too
strong at the top. You must

come in from nowhere in this piece.

This is how the tension is built, from
afar.

Yeah?

Let the interval inform you. This piece
is a lesson in how to avoid the fifth in

order to destabilize us.

Menacing.

Again, please.

Stay there.

Very good.

Yes, let it bleed in.

Canissimo, Viola.

The bird is sleeping. Don't wake him up.

You feel the menace growing.

It's creeping in.

Perilous.

Give him what he asked, please.

Don't wake him up.

Wonderful.

What a clown.

Don't wake the bird up.

Seriously?

More word from you, Victor, and you're
fired. The bird's waking up.

Good morning.

Morning.

Thank you.

Darling Sonia, I hope this letter finds
you well.

I can't quite believe what has happened
to me here.

Although it leaves me with little time
to compose, I am at least making music.

I bought sacks of coffee beans from the
Americans.

They should reach you soon.

Please tell me how mother and father are
coping.

Much love, Sergio.

Bruckner 7th? Yeah.

Philadelphia, 89.

What you did to your father with that
bootleg tape.

Come on, mum.

You tripped him.

Out of order, Vicky.

You rubbed his nose in it and your words
were harsh.

Maybe that's what he needs to hear to
realise he's not solving anything.

He's not trying to solve anything.

He simply cannot be any other way.

All we can do is stand by him.

That's where you're wrong, Mum.

Audio recordings like this are
everywhere.

It's happening.

Whether he likes her or not, you might
as well try to catch lightning in a

bottle.

I don't care about the money. He can
give it away to whoever he wants. Just

don't give it to Moonleggers.

Do you know what the worst of it is,
Mum?

Tell me.

Even the terrible ones.

The recordings with the shittest sound.

They're treasures to me.

See, I didn't get to go to Boston or
Philadelphia or London, New York,

Stockholm. How many did I miss because
of school?

I know it's not the same, but to me it's
everything.

It's all I've got.

And it's all I'll ever have when he's
gone.

But I will live the rest of my life a
traitor because I know he condemned it.

No, it's still off, same as all the
other takes.

Maestro, we've been through this.

Go back, please.

Listen.

There's no impact from the strings.
They're dragging instead of growing.

no texture. There's no depth. There's no
lyricism whatsoever.

So, Sergio, are we too slow? No, no. No,
please. Your work is truly heavenly,

all of you. It's the overall tempo.

It feels too slow.

Master, it's exactly the tempo you
conducted. I'm sure it is, but it's not

I heard in the hall.

All the richness is gone, and so the
overall tempo feels wrong. It doesn't

too slow.

We haven't altered the speed, otherwise
the pitch would have been affected. I

understand, but it's not what I heard in
the hall.

It's never going to be what you heard in
the hall.

Look.

We're going around in circles here.

What is it you suggest?

We get them back in.

Beg your pardon? Call them back in, the
orchestra.

We have spent two extra days here.

We're far over budget.

I'm very sorry.

Well, reduction process is in full
motion, and that record will go out

as per contract.

Well, what have I done?

Trust me, it is beautiful. Beautiful's
not the point.

It will make you a fortune, and...

With all due respect, Maestro, most of
us can't hear the difference.

Exactly.

None of you can hear a goddamn
difference.

Well, they're all crazy, of course.

But, um... That one.

How crazy is the rest?

Sergio Celibidate, he was the conductor
of the Berliner Philharmoniker from the

Titania Ballad Theater.

Bravo, maestro.

Wunderbar aus, Franz Sergio.

I'll show you something.

The second violin is at the blade again.
What do you mean? In the second

movement, Christoph and Helmut, I'm
telling you, they can't keep up.

The Mandarin French horn is useless.

The quota they've imposed is part of the
restructuring plan. Look, this

orchestra is a potential gem. But if the
selection process continues to be

political, the Berlin Philharmonic will
end up sounding like a village

gathering. That's outrageous.

I can only give you my honest opinion.
You've hired me to make music.

What was your secret?

How can you produce so much energy with
so much room?

I didn't do anything, Paul. I did all
the work.

I just let it evolve.

Don't tell anyone.

I won't if you don't.

Das zerbrochene Berlin braucht Hoffnung.
Und in diesen schwierigen Zeiten,

Künstler wie Sie, Ihre Musik gehört den
Menschen. Und natürlich auch auf

Schallplatte. Und deswegen, gestatten
Sie mir, dass ich Ihnen Prof. Dr.

Pindel vorstelle, den neuen Chef der
Deutschen Grammophon.

Es ist mir eine große Freude, Sie
endlich persönlich kennenzulernen. Das

brillant. Ich wünschte, wir hätten schon
alles abgemacht. Ja, es gab heute Abend

ein paar Fehler.

Aber wunderbar.

This is the chance to correct small
imperfections in a single recording and

achieve perfection.

Yes, maybe.

Maestro, I can hardly expect you to lead
the German gramophones through the

studios. Undisputed.

Nothing like what you experienced in
London.

I personally guarantee it. Yes, I'm
looking forward to it.

I'll call you, yes? Yes, yes, good
evening.

Sergio. Maestro, please speak.

You're sabotaging your career, Mama.

This orchestra is the best in the world.

Martin was key in helping me hear

the silences between the notes.

He totally changed my life, and I'm not
even a Buddhist. I see. The professor

exaggerates as usual, but it's true that
there's sometimes too much noise.

It can make simple listening difficult.

You two have very much in common.

Perhaps we should meet again.

Yeah, yes, I would like that.

Good night, Mr. Schlenker.

My dear Janelle, you have not written
back following my last letter.

I have ordered the leather jacket, I
promised.

They should receive it in the next few
weeks.

It is so warm, you will love it.

I hear much about the restrictions you
are enduring back home.

Freedom is precious.

I'll keep sending chocolate, coffee and
sweaters as the thought of my loved ones

lacking food and warmth is unbearable to
me.

Even if only a quarter of it gets to
you, I'll be happy.

I miss the smell

of our sunny fields and thatched roofs.

My warmest regards to Golden.

Please stay safe.

Down here.

We have an amazing ensemble, but the
truth is management just resists any

changes whatsoever.

On top of which, they want me to record
the entire Beethoven symphony

repertoire.

Sergio.

Yes.

I'm asking how you are.

I'm trying to tell you.

What are you holding on to, Sergio?

Your bitterness, your sadness, your
anger.

There's a noise that's in your head.
Nothing.

Free your heart, Serge.

I do when I make music.

Mm -hmm.

What happens after the final note?

Why should the artist and the man be two
different people?

Don't stop listening after the music
ends, says you.

Listen to the silences.

Would you come on, Sirius?

I've already made that mistake once.
Crucify me. No one compares the Deutsche

Grammophon. You cannot compare the
London Symphony Orchestra with the

Philharmonic. It's not about the
orchestra.

My obligation is to make music, not
destroy it with recordings. You were

when you showed up here. We turned you
into a star.

I'm trying to make music. And I'm trying
to run a business.

We are the mecca of classical music, and
we need to sell records to stay on top.

So I hear.

I hate to point this out, but I'd fly
who comes and who goes.

Well, then you'd better look for another
puppet.

Mr. Chilipdake, you're done.

You're finished.

You are conducted in Berlin for the very
last time.

Dear Golva, it's over with Berlin.

I have been as accommodating as I could
be, but I simply will not yield on the

conditions required to make music.

In an attempt to silence the negative
noises in my head, I have just accepted

the invitation to conduct across South
America.

I will follow music wherever it leads
me, in the hope of rekindling the light

that proved so elusive in Berlin.

Much love to you both.

Thank you.

Get undressed.

Excuse me?

The troll dead.

It's all good.

All good? All good?

You. Get out. Get out. Get

him

out!

Three, please.

And who shall I trust myself?

I would need another entire lifetime to
be the composer I wanted to be. Do

I trust my students who...

Try, but make very little, if any,
progress. Do I trust Mickey, who I

really believe that our son hasn't the
slightest idea of what is really at

stake? So who do I trust?

Why can it never be about all the
wonderful things you have achieved?

Bitsy.

Mickey. He thinks you're the most
wonderful man who ever lived.

I do, too.

If only you could see yourself through
our eyes.

My father's... No,

I wasn't going to say that.

What made you so sensitive?

I'm nothing like my father.

The uncompromising intransigence.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Absolutely superb.

Don't worry, I don't bite.

That was probably the most memorable
concert of my life.

I'm simply exalted.

I've heard that orchestra before. What
have you done to them?

And you are?

I've been to that gala in Milano.

I've heard Toscanini in America.

This.

I'm Ioana.

Ioana Procopio Dumitrescu.

How do you do?

It's a pleasure to meet you.

Again.

You mean you don't remember?

I have changed quite a bit, I must
confess.

You, you less so.

Do you remember playing the piano in
Bucharest for a ballet class of little

girls?

No. Yes, I was the clumsy one. No.

When I heard that you were conducting
right here in Buenos Aires, and Debussy

top of it, you do realise he's my
favourite composer.

Your rendition was, without any
exaggeration, otherworldly.

He was so talented and so modest.

We, um... We actually didn't play the
Ducey tonight.

Oh, of course you didn't.

It was the music of the angels.

The only thing that matters is that you
were wonderful.

Would you like to have dinner with me?

Tonight?

Oh, I... I'm afraid I can't. My husband
awaits.

Oh.

It'll have to be later in the week.

I'm sorry, I leave tomorrow.

Well, then my husband will have to wait
a little longer then, won't he?

I just had a feeling that the Moscow
Armistice was a treat -out.

And so you left just like that?

Well, no, I told my sisters -in -law
that.

She told me opposite, John.

And your parents?

My father had an important business in
Romania.

He'd never have left.

And what happened to them?

The Soviets took everything.

They opposed the regime, so they sent
him to a labor camp for six months.

He now lived in a small apartment in
Bucharest with his packs.

I'm so sorry.

I think I need medicine whenever he
needs it.

I might look like sometimes.

You have to watch what you write.

All correspondence is protected by the
security.

Speak out of time. You'll get an early
morning visit and a good beating.

Is it that bad?

No, I also left my family at home.

We write sometimes.

I suppose my sister Sonia spares me the
details to stop me from worrying.

I shall eat something.

It isn't finished yet.

So much light.

So much power. So much optimism.

So elusive.

They'll paint over it in a few days.

Still, send it out into the universe.

Or whatever it's worth.

You saw it.

May I sit with your father?

Dear Sergio, thank you so much

for all the food and warm clothes.

However, the security suspects of
trafficking and two agents have been

outside several nights in a row.

Mother is quite unsettled.

We're reading your news list for the
last period.

I know you worry about us, but you must
not try to come back.

They will never let you back out again.

What a lovely day.

We should walk to the park, Father.

Get some fresh air?

The only thing, they couldn't come to
escape.

Oh, come on, Father.

Bastards took away everything.

Even my family.

Aidan sent him away.

You did.

I'm writing to Sergio.

Do you want to tell him anything?

Father sends you his best wishes.

Good morning to our distinguished
guests.

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.

On behalf of all my colleagues from the
media, welcome to Italy, Maestro.

It's a pleasure to have you back here in
Europe.

We've missed you. Thank you.

I've missed you, too.

Spaghetti, Chianti, Calcio.

But why the rye?

They have given me the conditions which
are necessary to make music.

You mean the ten rehearsals per program?

Yes. We are builders. You don't build a
cathedral in two days.

Mastro, recording technology has made a
big leap forward in the last couple of

years. Might you reconsider?

Not a chance.

No, you can't press music into a
pancake.

But you're... Concerts here will be
recorded.

Live broadcast.

That's quite different.

A singular moment in time and then gone
forever. This is incidental. No, a

recording is one -dimensional. Listening
to a recording of a concert over and

over again is like making love to a
photograph of Marilyn Monroe.

Karajan is at the top of the record
charts with the Berlin Philharmonic.

now famous all over the world.

So is Coca -Cola.

Hey, Thoreau, why are you so spitting
about other conductors?

Well, I'm just being honest.

Yes, many of them fall short. Some fall
very short, indeed.

Would you care to name them? No, because
that's all you'll end up printing

tomorrow. But trust me, I judge myself
by the same standards.

But you do think you're above the rest?

No, not at all.

I cannot settle for good enough.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. This is
so mechanical still. You're playing like

you're not here.

Look, you think you know how the trumpet
will play, but you don't. I don't

either. That's the principle of
phenomenology. He plays, I listen and

the way he plays.

So do you.

Each time it's a new beginning.

You remember how you played this piece
last time?

Erase that memory. You can't walk on
fresh snow more than once.

Be fresh snow.

Again, please.

I thought I was going to let you charm
all of Italy without me.

May I ask you a question?

Oh, dear.

There never was a husband, was there?

There was.

Of course there was.

I left him.

I told them I'd met the most interesting
man on the planet.

What makes you think it's you?

The divorce papers are on his desk.

What can I do? I fell in love.

I did you.

Totally.

And may I ask who the lucky guy is?

Now that would be telling.

You sure?

I think so.

How sure are you?

Pretty sure Pretty sure

Whoa.

Dear Janelle, the light I told Golda I
was searching for was, as it turns out,

not a place, but a person.

Her name is Joanna.

Never before have I encountered so much
positive energy in a single human being.

She is unapologetically herself, and she
inspires me in a way I thought only

music could.

My dearest wish.

is that you should all meet her one day.

I think father would approve, too.

Love to you all, Sergio.

I can see you're working very hard, but
I think you're getting in your own way.

How can we help Enrique get out of his
own way?

Anyone, where do we start?

Where do we always start?

By letting go of your preconceptions and
your expectations about this piece and

listening not to what's up here, to
what's right here.

Only then will you be able to begin
making music in the now.

Yes? Yes.

Speaking of the now, it's time for me to
say thank you all for coming. I'm off

on tour in Japan for the next few weeks,
but I'll see you when I get back.

Sorry, did you have a question?

No, comrade, I don't have any questions.

No agent of the Romanian secret police
is my comrade.

You're observant. You're obvious.

I just wanted to see the new idol in the
flesh.

You've made quite a name for yourself.

I'm just a musician.

Please.

Modesty hardly becomes you.

You're the talk of Bucharest.

Actually, you're the talk of our nation.

Don't you miss your country? My country?
It's not my country.

Well, my country died the day you made
us a mere satellite of Moscow.

Some people might say we liberated you.

Some.

Mr. Chalabedaki.

How would you like to perform back home?

We genuinely want to welcome you back.

After all, your success is quite the
fairy tale.

We know you have stringent terms.

We can accommodate as many rehearsals as
you may need.

And, of course, we will not record the
concert.

So...

you even consider this?

It'll be madness.

It's our country.

It may be your country, but it is no
longer mine.

We are still Romanian.

They will never let you back out.

I have a refugee passport, Puffy.

Well, exactly.

You're stateless.

Who's going to fight to get you out?

This is absurd, Bitsy.

We have a child. A child who doesn't
know where he comes from. Well, thank

for that.

How could you even entertain conducting
in a communist hellhole when the New

York Philharmonics are sending you a
black check?

So I can make music anywhere in the
world except my own country.

Your country is where your wife and son
are.

That time had come to release him,
Sergio.

All right.

Insightful conversation.

Sorry.

Happy Easter.

Happy Easter, Daddy.

Happy

Easter,

Daddy. Happy Easter to you.

Let's see it.

Please.

For all the serenity and luck you
deserve.

I have to come back.

My heart is there. I need to conduct
with my family.

You go.

I go.

Come behind me for a moment.

Welcome home, Mike, though.

Welcome back. Will you be meeting with
the Secretary -General during this time?

There's only other opportunities, thank
you. Thank you very much.

Hey,

Captain.

Where is Sonny?

She's on her way from here. She'll be
here soon.

Is she bringing Father down?

I'm not sure.

Yes?

Yes.

You're home.

I'm home.

I'm home.

Oh, my God.

You did it.

Come, come, come, come. I looked for you
at the airport. Where were you?

Home.

God, look at you.

Is that your home?

Three days ago, we buried him yesterday.

He didn't suffer.

He... He

left

this for you.

To the medal.

Thank you.

We're all that proud of you.

Thank you. Thank you, my Sonia.

This isn't how I wanted you to find out.

I came here to play with you.

My big brother.

With little hands.

To his pocket card.

Our pocket card.

I have a question.

How do we keep music alive?

You speak as if music existed outside of
you.

It doesn't. No, it doesn't.

Maestro, are we getting nearer?

You are getting nearer.

How far to go?

To yourself?

This could take an eternity.

Don't be impatient, Patrick.

I just... Listen.

Shh.

Music is you.

Now, if you don't mind...

I must attend to a weeping willow that
is sadly dying.

Thank you all, and I will see you next
week.

That needs water.

Dad, don't worry.

I know what to do. Oh, no, you do.

Do you know how I know?

How? Because I know when the time comes,
you'll do what you believe in, just as

I always did what I believe in.

Well, you know, it's clear to me. I
understand your point of view. I want to

honor you.

You honor me by being your own man. You
have nothing to prove to me.

And what if I choose to continue your
battle?

Then so be it, but that'll be your
decision.

I live my entire life under the
expectations of someone

else. You must not.

And what about perfection?

Even a Buddhist garden isn't perfect,
Mickey. It requires imperfection to...

Remind us what perfection might be. You
always strive for perfection, but

that'll be your perfection.

You do what your heart tells you, and
you know that I'll always love you, son.

Always.

Hello?

Look at that wax cherry baking in the
sun.

Oof.

I'll water that.

And you go?

Yes.

While I've got you, I want to show you
something. Absolutely. I think we can do

it. I want to know if you agree with me.

Yes, please.