Powerful Biopic about a Pianist

Rating: 8/10 (2 May 2020)

Geoffrey Rush stars as Australian pianist David Helfgott, a child prodigy who overcomes child abuse only to end up institutionalized. Years later he begins playing in a piano bar before finally returning to the concert hall. Through the course of the story a great deal of glorious music can be heard. ---from Musicals on the Silver Screen, American Library Association, 2013