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The Page Turner (La Tourneuse De Pages) Review
A young, gifted pianist is treated poorly by one of the jurists at the conservatory audition and fails to play her best and get a place. Many years later she becomes that jurist's page turner and waits patiently for revenge.
Original Title:Page Turner (La Tourneuse De Pages), The
As a professional viola** **player, writer-director Denis Dercourt has a rare insight into the musician’s psyche. Consequently, this account of Mélanie’s (François) steely determination to exact her revenge on Ariane (Frot) — the self-absorbed pianist whose lack of interest at an audition destroyed her hopes of becoming a teenage prodigy — has a chilling air of authenticity.
Frot excels as the emotionally fragile prima donna who comes to depend on François, while remaining oblivious to the malevolent web being woven around her family. The echoes of Theorem and Harry, He’s Here To Help are unmissable. But it’s the Hitchcockian variations that strike the truest chords.
You always suspect how this malicious musical thriller will end, but it's the waiting for the worst to happen that makes this such a guilty pleasure.
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