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Prof. Joseph Elsner guides his protégé Frydryk Chopin through his formative years to early adulthood in Poland. The professor takes him to Paris, where he eventually comes under the wing and influence of novelist George Sand and rises to prominence in the music world, to the exclusion of his old friends and patriotic feelings towards Poland.

Chopin struggles to reconcile his soaring musical genius with the heavy pull of his Polish roots. As his fame grows in Paris, the distance between his newfound celebrity and his loyal mentors creates a heartbreaking rift.