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The Accompanist
USA 2019
produced by Frederick Keeve, Julie Eagleton for Keeve Productions
directed by Frederick Keeve
starring Frederick Keeve, Ricky Palomino, Juliet Doherty, Christopher Pawl, Jeanette Driver, Aaron Cavette, Angelle Brooks, John J. Todd, Moises Parra, Nader Hamad, Brian Falkner
written and music by Frederick Keeve
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Once a successful pianist, Jason (Frederick Keeve) was eventually
overcome by the grief over an accident he caused that destroyed his
family, and he's currently working as an accompanist at a ballet school -
where he meets Brandon (Ricky Palomino), a gifted dancer who soon asks him
to accompany him on the piano for his private training sessions, as he
trains for being accepted into one of the top ballet academies of the
country. Reluctantly, Jason agrees, but he soon feels drawn to the young
man, who also takes to Jason. Thing is, Brandon is in an abusive
relationship with Adam (Aaron Cavette), and after one of Adam's especially
nasty outbreaks, Brandon runs away and asks Jason to take him in. The two
soon start a sexual relationship, and everything seems to be going great
until Adam appears on the scene, and he doesn't only want Brandon back, he
also knows that Jason's music has magic powers (actual magic powers
that is) and wants to use them to heal his lung cancer. But Jason has some
dark secrets of his own ... The Accompanist is a pretty
unconventional movie for sure - of course on the surface it's a love story
and ticks pretty much all the boxes, with its musical and dance theme
giving it an extra layer, both on a purely aesthetic level as well as in
terms of depth. But at the same time the film's also a very serious drama
about (mis-)handling suppressed guilt, and a sort of urban fairy tale
thanks to the inclusion of (actual) magic, with that aspect downplayed in
a very likeable way though - and this mix actually makes a pretty cool
movie, of course also thanks to a cast really up to their task. Nor your
usual love story, but worth a look for sure.
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