There is plenty of music in young Cecilia’s (Tecla Insolia) life, but little harmony as she has been a resident of the Orphanage della Pieta in Venice since birth.
She is inspired to embrace her violin as a potential tool for liberation with the arrival of new musical director – a certain Don Antonio Vivaldi (Michele Riondino) - at the school.
The film beautifully evokes 18th Century Venice - its churches, markets and gondolas; the music of Vivaldi is played throughout the film, and it is magnificent; and Director Damiano Michiletto is an award-winning opera director, clearly knowing how to skilfully present a musical performance to an audience.