Oscar-nominated director Dominique Deruddere's 'psychological drama/thriller' is set against the backdrop of a classical music competition.
Deruddere first caught international attention back in 2000 when he picked up an Oscar nomination for, a film that tore chunks out of the contemporary music scene and its manipulated star system., Deruddere is back into the world of music but there’s a far different milieu being explored. The film sets its story around a music competition where the entrants are locked away in a house together, to practice and then eventually to perform.
“They isolate these people from the outside world, no cell phone allowed and no computers around. Nothing,” explains Deruddere. “Then they have seven days to study before performing so, to me, that sounds like an ideal place to set a psychological drama slash thriller. It’s just a suspenseful situation, and then you can surround it by the music.”would be in the running for the Golden Goblet award – and it sounds a bit like the party has continued ever since.
“There were just so enthusiastic about the film, and this was a situation where we were really not sure what to expect, to be honest,” says Deruddere. “I have a feeling that the young people here really connected to that side of the story – you know, to be a happy person, not somebody that’s always thinking about your career.”
“She studied for three months to get to language of movement on the piano right,” explains Deruddere. “There’s such a depth to her performance and audiences have really taken to this.”
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