Speaking in Strings is an intensely intimate profile of violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonneberg, whose unconventional delivery and bold character has caused enormous controversy in her fifteen year career. Regarded as one of the most accomplished violinists of all time, Nadja exposes her battles with depression and an attempted suicide. She speaks about the process of stardom and the tolls it has taken on her personal life. Filmmaker Paola di Florio’s portrait of this “great hope” for music is intense and tender. Nadja contradicts the typical stereotypes of a classical musician. This brash, delicate, chain-smoking, sarcastic genius is amazingly human and always real.