Housle na moll – Moris Kamila (2025)

The biographical book 'Violins in Minor' is a confession of a professional violinist struggling with a treacherous addiction to alcohol. Talent, diligence, and tireless practice from childhood lead to successes and bring Kamila to the conservatory. After graduating, she wins an audition for the philharmonic, and it seems that nothing stands in the way of her pursuing music professionally. The only obstacle is stage fright, or rather a psychological block that paralyzes her when playing slow and quiet passages; during each attack, she experiences hell, her hands stop listening, and she is unable to play in public. She turns to psychologists, but they cannot help her. She accidentally discovers that alcohol helps her with the embarrassing stress, breaking down her psychological barriers. Kamila finds solace and pleasure in its relaxing effect not only during concerts but also in other situations, eventually needing no excuse at all. She drinks more and more, and within a few years, she succumbs to addiction. In the honest and ruthless testimony of violinist Kamila, you will witness her desperate struggle to find a way out of hell. Her victories are short-lived; she repeatedly falls back into self-destructive alcoholism, which robs her of her beloved profession as an elite violinist, she loses the trust of friends, and loses…