AndreÃ¯ Makine,Geoffrey Strachan
May 24, 1941: AlexeÃ¯ Berg, a classical pianist, is set to perform his first solo concert in Moscow. But just before his dÃ©but, his parents -- his father a famous playwright, and his mother a renowned opera singer -- are exposed for their political indiscretions and held under arrest. With World War II on the brink, and fearing that his own entrapment is not far behind, AlexeÃ¯ flees to the countryside, assumes the identity of a Soviet soldier, and falls dangerously in love with a general officer's daughter. What follows is a two-decades-long journey through war and peace, love and betrayal, art and artifice -- a rare ensemble in the making of the music of a life.
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Music of a Life