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In Your Hands

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FEATURE FILM 106'
Drama

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A young man from a modest family gets the chance of a lifetime to reveal his hidden talent for piano but can he find the strength and courage to live up to the challenge?
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Thomas Hardmeier as Cinematographer (CESAR AWARDS WINNER for The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet, Yves Saint Laurent)

Directed by

Ludovic Bernard (The Climb)

Starring

Jules Benchetrit (Macadam Stories, Quantum Love)
Lambert Wilson CESAR AWARDS WINNER for Of Gods and Men (The Odyssey, The Cow)
Kristin Scott Thomas MULTI-AWARDED ACTRESS (The English Patient, I've Loved You So Long, Sarah's Key)

Production

Eric Juherian and Mathias Rubin – Recifilms (Gazelles, Mobius, The New kid)

Delivery: December 26th, 2018

2018 / Original language: French / Color / 2.39 / 5.1 / available in hd & 2k

One day, in the commotion of a Paris train station, a young man from a modest family begins to play a public piano. The world seems to stop. Especially for music academy director Pierre Geithner, who recognizes Matthieu's exceptional gift. But Matt brushes him aside. Since the death of his neighbor and mentor, old Mr. Jacques, Matt's talent has gone neglected. Music has become his secret world. Until the day he gets thrown in jail for repeat petty theft and has no one to turn to but Pierre, who gets his prison sentence converted to public work at the academy. Hoping to transform Matt into the prize-winning concert pianist he needs to save its reputation, he assigns him to "The Countess," the school's most brilliant and ruthless professor, to prepare him for one of the nation's most prestigious piano competitions. But untrained, undisciplined and racked with self-doubt, Matt struggles and falters, frustrated to find out that talent just isn't enough. Pierre has bet everything on Matt - will it pay off?

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"A finely crafted exercise in filmmaking"
"Kristin Scott Thomas, a performance as funny as it is striking"
"A wonderful feature film to see"
SORTIR A PARIS

"A very beautiful film"
FRANCE INTER "La Bande Originale" / Nagui

"Jules Benchetrit's brilliant piece of work"
"A composition incredibly well performed by its cast"
LE PARISIEN



Switzerland

"A feel-good film"
LA TRIBUNE DE GENEVE

"In Your Hands relies on an impeccable cast, but above all, it's a declaration of unconditional love for classical music"
Radio RTS LA PREMIERE



Belgium

"A lovely surprise"
"A positive film"
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