Pianoforte

2023

Action / Documentary / Music

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 100% · 26 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 100%
IMDb Rating 7.3/10 10 569 569

music competition behind the scenes pianist playing piano concert pianist chamber music

Plot summary

The world’s most talented young pianists compete in the International Chopin Piano Competition, held every five years in Warsaw, Poland. A rare behind the scenes look at the triumphant highs and crushing lows of competition, Pianoforte is both a testament to the remarkable power of music and an intimate coming-of-age portrait.

Director

Jakub Piatek Photo
Jakub Piatek

Top cast

Leonora Armellini Photo
Leonora Armellini as Self
Alexander Gadjiev Photo
Alexander Gadjiev as Self
Eva Gevorgyan Photo
Eva Gevorgyan as Self
Hyuk Lee Photo
Hyuk Lee as Self
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820.51 MB
1280*536
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us   pl   ro  
25 fps
1 hr 29 min
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1.65 GB
1920*804
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us   pl   ro  
25 fps
1 hr 29 min
Seeds 6

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by walirlan 8 / 10

Review of "Pianoforte" (2023)

Reviewed by jaws-15401 8 / 10

Touching in many ways

Just gotta feel for the contestants in a machine which eats them up as just a number for the search for a winner. Each one was to me undistinguishable yet the winner had to be, the movie helps us care about the losers, their journey to fame. I love Chopin and have played just 25% of what these people "eat for breakfast".The back story was that the Japanese guy with pony tail purposely grew it to distinguish him from the abundance of asians. I'd love to hear this in person, but having endured the Van Cliburn competition I know that it is a marathon of music that just isn't for everyone, but if Chopin himself could have heard it?
Reviewed by ok_english_bt 7 / 10

"Fly-on-the-wall" film about the 2021 Chopin Piano Competition, floods of tears ...

Jakub Piatek's "fly-on-the-wall" documentary was a real weepie for me. Featuring pianists in the XVIII International Chopin Piano Competition held in Poland in 2021, the film provides an intimate 'snapshot' of the festival by the ones probably most affected by it. Delayed because of the Covid-19 Pandemic, emotions were no doubt running high, so the film was a useful vehicle to "open up" the event after the isolation felt in the previous year.It's impossible not to admire and wonder at all these talented individuals. Even the mundane everyday things like having a beer with friends or buying the right hairspray seem quite interesting, and all the 'ticks' artists apparently go through to ready themselves for performance. Very brave of the participants to grant the film makers so much access. You can't help feeling sorry at the end for Armenian-Russian Eva (Gevorgyan) and Hyuk Lee from Korea who apparently played so well, gave it blood, sweat & tears etc., yet fell short of their own (as well as the judge's) expectations. Viewers are spared the festival monotony of music repeated over and over. Why film the players without showing their hands, I wonder, is that a contractual thing? Fine margins decide everything in the end, so Michelle Candotti walks away disappointed and "90% sure" she won't compete in the next competition! Another thing you can't escape is the sight of people constantly checking their phones ... is that a mark of the 'modern' festival, what would Frederic Chopin make of it all?UK viewers can currently see 'Pianoforte' as part of the 'Storyville' series of documentaries on BBC iPlayer.
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