The film brings Peter Tchaikovsky in a radical way into the present and draws an emotionally charged psychogram of the most famous composer of Russia. Tchaikovsky's fate of being a homosexual at the mercy of gay men moves into close proximity. In addition, well-known international artists and experts appear in the film and reveal their very personal approach to Tchaikovsky and his music.

The Tchaikovsky Files - Confessions of a Composer

Florence Foster Jenkins is known as "the worst singer of all times" and yet she is a cult figure whose recordings still outsell many contemporary singers. Opera superstar Joyce DiDonato interprets the flamboyant "queen of dissonance". The involvement of the celebrated virtuoso makes it possible to contrast two different musical perspectives and gives viewers a vivid impression of the film's key conflict between inner delusion and external reality.