Four Minutes (2008)
Alternate/Foreign Title: Vier Minuten [Original title], 4 Minutes [Alternate spelling]
DVD Released (Y/M/D): 2008-10-07
Genre: Foreign
Sub-genre: Drama
Director: Chris Kraus
Stars: Monica Bleibtreu, Hannah Herzsprung, Sven Pippig, Richy Müller, Stefan Kurt, Jasmin Tabatabai, Vadim Glowna, Nadja Uhl, Peter Davor, Edita Malovcic, Christian Koerner
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Synopsis: An embittered, 80-year-old piano teacher working in a women's prison takes on the most challenging student in her enduring career in director Chris Kraus' low-key musical drama. For years, Miss Krueger (Monica Bleibtreu) has been teaching classical piano to some of the most hardened female prisoners in all of Germany, but upon meeting brooding new inmate Jenny (Hannah Herzsprung), Miss Krueger finally seems to have found the one student she can't break through to -- until she hears Jenny play, that is. A former piano prodigy whose abusive childhood prompted her to neglect her natural gift for music in the name of survival, Jenny is a violent offender whose notorious temper has, as an adult, repeatedly landed her behind bars. Though she does still display considerable talent on the ivory, her decidedly antisocial behavior compelled the troubled prisoner to repeatedly sabotage opportunities to take part in recitals that would, at the very least, provide a momentary respite from her grim day-to-day existence.
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