From Schubert to Strauss, Bach to Brahms, Mozart to…Billy Joel,
Itzhak Perlman’s violin playing transcends mere performance to evoke
the celebrations and struggles of real life; “praying with the
violin,” says renowned Tel Aviv violinmaker Amnon Weinstein. Alison
Chernick’s enchanting documentary looks beyond the sublime musician,
to see the polio survivor whose parents emigrated from Poland to
Israel, the young man who struggled to be taken seriously as a music
student when schools saw only his disability. Itzhak himself is funny,
irreverent and self-deprecating, and here his life story unspools in
conversations with masterful musicians, family and friends, most
endearingly his devoted wife of 50 years, Toby. Itzhak and Toby’s
lives are dedicated to their large, loving, Jewish family in NYC and
their continual support of young musicians in Israel. As charming and
entrancing as the famous violinist himself, Itzhak is a portrait of
musical virtuosity seamlessly enclosed in warmth, humor, and above
all, love. 82 min.
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