Prades, France, 1940s. The exiled Catalan cellist Pau Casals decides not to perform any more in public until the fall of the dictatorship that oppresses Spain. Pierre, a young Frenchman studying with Casals, tries to convince him to celebrate an extraordinary concert as a tribute to freedom.
spain
southern france
world war ii
cellist
biography
franco regime (francoism)
catalonia, spain
teacher student relationship
pyrenees mountain ridge
post world war ii
music professor
1940s
exiled artist