Sonata

The family of 14-year-old Grzegorz has long since become reconciled to the fact that he is on the autistic spectrum. The diagnosis has been confirmed on various occasions, thus his parents question the suspicions of their son’s new assistant that the boy suffers from a severe hearing impairment rather than autism. They are all the more astonished when the doctor confirms this theory. After a successful operation Grzegorz receives an implant and gradually discovers a world that had been denied him for so long. What’s more, he can finally express in words his greatest dream: to play the piano and perform a concert in front of a huge audience… The leitmotif running through this fascinating tale, based on real events, is hope. The hope that Grzegorz never lost and which his family gradually found again. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)