Overview
- The character-driven drama follows a once-promising pianist who returns to Lyon after years teaching in Japan under the pull of a commanding mentor.
- Critics from The Hollywood Reporter, Cineuropa, and Little White Lies single out François Civil’s lead turn, with praise for Charlotte Rampling and Nadia Tereszkiewicz.
- Reviewers note Paul Guilhaume’s expressive handheld imagery and Grégoire Hetzel’s evocative, Hitchcockian score.
- Running about 1 hour 55 minutes, the film revisits Desplechin’s themes of doubles, memory, and romantic entanglement.
- Produced by Why Not Productions with Arte France Cinéma and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma, the film is being sold internationally by Goodfellas, with no wide-release date reported.