Four Minutes

Four Minutes

6.8IMDb Score
Released:2006-06-23
Duration:112 min
Country:Germany
Director:Chris Kraus
Actors:Monica Bleibtreu, Hannah Herzsprung, Sven Pippig, Richy Müller, Jasmin Tabatabai
Production:Kordes & Kordes Film, Journal-Film Klaus Volkenborn KG, ARD

Overview:

Jenny is young. Her life is over. She killed someone. And she would do it again. When an 80-year-old piano teacher discovers the girl’s secret, her brutality and her dreams, she decides to transform her pupil into the musical wunderkind she once was.

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