Basic
Info
Title:
The Child Prodigy
Genre:
Biography, Drama
Country:
Canada
Language:
French
Running
time: 101 minutes
Release
date: May 28, 2010
Staff
Director:
Luc Dionne
Producer:
Denise Robert, Daniel Louis
Screenplay
by: Luc Dionne
Cinematography:
Bruce Chun, Daniel Jobin
Edited
by: Jean-François Bergeron
Cast
Guillaume Lebon as Young André
Mathieu
Patrick Drolet as André Mathieu
Adult
Marc Labrèche as Rodolphe Mathieu
Macha Grenon as Mimi Mathieu
Karine Vanasse as Camillette
Mathieu
Summary
"The Child Prodigy" is a
2010 Canadian film directed by Luc Dionne. A biographical drama about classical
pianist André Mathieu, this film stars Guillaume Lebon as young Mathieu and
Patrick Drolet as adult Mathieu.
André Mathieu was a Canadian
pianist and composer who was born on February 18, 1929 and died on June 2,
1968. As a composer, Mathieu's style leaned towards the late Romantic school of
Sergei Rachmaninoff, and his music was influenced by Claude Debussy. He also
left behind many works for piano.
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| André Mathieu at eleven years of age |
Its cast also includes Marc
Labrèche as his father Rodolphe Mathieu, Macha Grenon as his mother Mimi
Mathieu and Karine Vanasse as his sister Camillette.
The film was nominated for two
awards at the 13th Jutra Awards in 2011.
Movie
Review
“Great biopic on a French
Canadian piano child prodigy”
“Must buy for the desert
island”
The
Behind Stories about the Film
1. André Mathieu was the first
French-Canadian to play more than 20 hours during an endurance piano
competition in the 1950s.
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| André Mathieu at 11 with his sister |
2. André Mathieu's wife died a year
after the film was released.
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