Music of the Heart (1999) on Netflix
Recently divorced violinist Roberta Guaspari takes a substitute teaching post at East Harlem's Central Park East School. She brings fifty child-size violins she bought in Greece.
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Plot summary
In New York City in 1981, violinist Roberta Guaspari has recently divorced her husband, Navy officer Charles Demetras, who has decided to pursue a relationship with her friend Lana Holden. Her mother Assunta urges her to return to work for the sake of her sons, Alexi and Nicholas. Wrapping gifts at a department store, she reconnects with a former classmate, Brian Turner, who arranges an introduction to Janet Williams, principal of East Harlem's Central Park East School. Roberta has little experience teaching music, but she accepts a substitute violin post and supplies fifty child-size violins she bought in Greece. Her toughness and determination win over a class of children and their parents, who are skeptical at first. The program takes hold gradually and draws attention, spreading to Central Park East II and the River East School.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Music of the Heart (1999)
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- Madonna was signed to play Roberta Guaspari and had studied the violin for months before leaving the project over "creative differences" with director Wes Craven. Meryl Streep replaced her at the last minute at Craven's insistence, with six weeks to prepare to play the violin.
