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This artfully contrived and engaging period drama is set during World War I and gradually reveals the human relationships in a small family. Catherine (Juliet Berto) is the temporary head of the family while her husband, whom she loathes, is away fighting in the war. Her widowed sister-in-law Suzanne (Anna Prucnal) lives with her, and after a while it becomes apparent that Catherine loathes her as well. The children in the house are all boys -- Catherine has two sons, twelve and thirteen, and Suzanne also has a twelve-year old.
While the relationship between Suzanne and Catherine is coming to a head, Catherine is having an affair with an army officer, and the boys in the family are planning a musical performance for everyone. The crescendo may be barely audible at the beginning, but it builds up to a tragedy at the end.
The musical performance involves one of the boys dressing as a female and acting that role.
Note that although the film has the same title as the Mozart opera, there is no crossdressing in the opera itself; it is merely that the three boys perform the opera which has a female role.
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