AFFFF25: Prodigies

Australian Premiere

They might have been prodigies at home but at the Karlsruhe Conservatory of Music, they're nothing. 

Twin pianists Claire (Camille Razat, Emily in Paris) and Jeanne (Mélanie Robert) have been militantly trained by their father for one single goal: greatness. So when they find themselves under the tutelage of the tyrannical Professor Klaus Lenhardt (August Wittgenstein), they’re ready to be pushed to their physical and emotional limits. However the twins quickly realise that their biggest challenge isn’t the music or the gruelling regime – it’s each other.

When Claire and Jeanne are diagnosed with a sudden aggressive and incurable illness, their sibling rivalry pales by comparison. The twins must decide: will they defy the odds and do whatever it takes to truly become prodigies? 

Based on an impossibly true story, Prodigies is an inspiring debut film by real-life brothers Frédéric and Valentin Potier. Premiering at the 17th Angoulême French-Speaking Film Festival, this stirring and emotional drama captures the pain of our ambitions, and what we are willing to sacrifice to achieve greatness. An unmissable film of passion, obsession, and sibling rivalry, this is France’s answer to Whiplash.