The classic scene in the popular romantic comedy film When Harry Met Sally is when the lead lady fakes an orgasm in a restaurant to prove a point to her male companion about women and sex.
Andrei Flipov was a prodigy - the celebrated conductor of the Bolshoi Orchestra, the greatest orchestra in Russia.
Today aged 50, he still works at the Bolshoi, but as a cleaner.
During the communist era he was fired at the height of his fame for refusing to get rid of all his Jewish players, including his best friend Sacha Grossman.
Then Andrei finds a fax.
An invitation for the orchestra to play at Pleyel, in Paris, in 2 weeks time, as a last minute replacement for the indisposed San Francisco Philharmonic.
Crazy Heart