I have seen this movie at the Braunschweig Film Festival.The film tells the story of a young self educated piano player which is discovered by a piano teacher and is lead by two piano teachers, one played by the excellent Kristin Scott Thomas, to the final of a piano competition. On this way we learn about the many social problems of the young piano player and the obstacles his environment imposes on his development. Although the story is straightforward and at times predictable it is told in a very interesting and unconventional way. The beginning of the movie is the highlight, the end disappointing. At the beginning the movie confronts us with many questions that are only slowly answered and installs a lot of interest in the story. At the end, the predictable ending is topped with a totally unnecessary addition to tell us about the destiny of the two piano teachers that took care of the young guy and his own destiny after the piano competition. Not only is it a completely different world, in another country, the young piano player appears out of place and we do not know if this is really what he wanted. The movie should have ended with the piano competition. It is even left open whether or not he won it, which is a nice twist.
Review of In Your Hands
