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Vitus

Director Fredi M. MurerÂ’s moving film VITUS was SwitzerlandÂ’s official 2006 Academy Awards entry for Best Foreign Language Film and was one of the most successful Swiss films of 2006. VITUS introduces us to an incredibly talented young pianist and actor, Teo Gheorghiu. The film also stars the renowned Bruno Ganz, Julika Jenkins and Urs Jucker. By the age of 12, Vitus (played by real-life piano prodigy Teo Gheorghiu) is a highly gifted musician whose parents have high hopes for him in a career as a classical pianist. The daily pressure of hours of musical practice, his over-protective but well-meaning mother (Julika Jenkins) and his fatherÂ’s (Urs Jucker) precarious financial situation lead the boy to seek refuge at his eccentric grandfatherÂ’s (Bruno Ganz) house.