Piano at the Crossroads

Piano at the Crossroads

2DORU
Director:Jan Senius
Cast:Igor Ardašev, Jitka Čechová, Martin Kasík, Karel Košárek
Premiere:4. April 2023
Length:70 minutes
Genre:Music, zaner_nemy_film

Non-dialogue music film

Director: Jan Senius  •  Haircut: Jan Senius  •  Camera: Jan Kebrdle  •  Sound: Jakub Trš, Kryštof Pobořil  •  Scenario: Jan Senius, Jakub Zahradník  •  Cast: Igor Ardašev, Jitka Čechová, Martin Kasík, Karel Košárek, Tomáš Víšek, Jakub Zahradník

A charming company attends concerts in Jakub's Pianotheca. Due to the pandemic, Jakub is sadly forced to close his piano shop and cancel the evening performances. And so he decides to invite selected pianists to a temple hidden in the alleys of Prague‘s Old Town. There, in the church of St Anne, in the international spiritual centre with a mysterious name Prague Crossroads, he has got temporarily deposited a beautiful concert grand. The pianists play there in solitude, in concentration. How strong is our belief in ourselves and can music help us? The viewer himself is shaken when confronted with beauty and vanity. The film is an authentic testimony to the time of night curfew and movement restrictions. Music in the film serves as a means of communication and hope in dark times.

Length: 70 min

Year: 2023
Local premiere date: 4. April 2023
World premiere date: 4. April 2023

Country of origin:

  • Czech Republic

Non-dialogue music film

Director: Jan Senius  •  Haircut: Jan Senius  •  Camera: Jan Kebrdle  •  Sound: Jakub Trš, Kryštof Pobořil  •  Scenario: Jan Senius, Jakub Zahradník  •  Cast: Igor Ardašev, Jitka Čechová, Martin Kasík, Karel Košárek, Tomáš Víšek, Jakub Zahradník

A charming company attends concerts in Jakub's Pianotheca. Due to the pandemic, Jakub is sadly forced to close his piano shop and cancel the evening performances. And so he decides to invite selected pianists to a temple hidden in the alleys of Prague‘s Old Town. There, in the church of St Anne, in the international spiritual centre with a mysterious name Prague Crossroads, he has got temporarily deposited a beautiful concert grand. The pianists play there in solitude, in concentration. How strong is our belief in ourselves and can music help us? The viewer himself is shaken when confronted with beauty and vanity. The film is an authentic testimony to the time of night curfew and movement restrictions. Music in the film serves as a means of communication and hope in dark times.

Year: 2023
Local premiere date: 4. April 2023
World premiere date: 4. April 2023

Country of origin:

  • Czech Republic