Madame Sousatzka - 1988 - 6/10
Russian pianist, who never quite made the professional ranks, trains gifted pupils.
Her latest is from India, and his mother works slavishly to move his career.
Sousatzka is a fire-breather … with a heart of gold.
Sounds like a cliché? Well, not quite.
She finds the talent, grooms them, hones them, only to watch them vanish up the ladder.
To the wealthy agent, the famous instructor. Sousatzka is forever a minor league manager.
MacLaine excels in this, and I am not normally a fan of her work.