Concert pianist Anat rsquo s waters break while she is playing  Devastatingly, her son proves deaf  The Baby Mozart CD her father gives her can go straight in the bin  However, Anats will to raise a piano genius who would befit her respected musical family only becomes stronger, and she takes drastic measures to make this happen  Composed as a moral parable with a touch of thriller, God of the Piano tells the story of a mother  ndash  played with great reserve by Naama Preis  ndash  whose obsessive behaviour and mile-high expectations threaten to crush her child, just as she was once crushed  While focusing on mother-son relations, the film also explores the uncertain nature of prodigy  Is talent inherited  Is there a secret tension or even an interplay between giftedness and averageness  And  ndash  most importantly  ndash  what price does a person, be it adult or child, pay for being labelled a genius