Brother Of Sleep

If it weren't so ponderously self-important, this ridiculously overblown adaptation of Robert Schneider's European bestseller would be a great, camp parody of 19th-century Sturm und Drang cliches, from its patina of bogus Romanticism to its ludicrous quasimystical pretensions. Tucked away in the Austrian Alps, the tiny, Godforsaken hamlet of Eschberg is plagued by dire poverty, miserable weather and congenital birth defects. But there's one sure sign of God's loving grace: native son Elias (Andre Eisermann), a musical prodigy blessed with the ability to make the world around him resound with the music of the spheres. He's loved by both the beautiful Elsbeth (Dana V...