We hear the gramophone playing Rachmaninoff and we see the reverence with which Peter Helfgott listens. "One day you will play it and make me very proud", Peter says to his son. The challenge has been thrown down. David's eventual triumph is foreshadowed, but we sense from the opening sequence that it may come at a high price...
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For example, Hicks uses weather conditions to establish mood and as a visual and aural representation of David's situation. It is raining when David "comes in out of the cold" to the warmth offered by Sylvia at the restaurant. It is raining when Peter Helfgott and David make their way to Mr Rosen's. David is taken in but his father is left out in the cold...
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