Russian mobsters + piano lessons = your most stressful 23 minutes.
Glenn is a disillusioned piano teacher, who once aspired to be a concert pianist. He is moving back to his parents house and is on the brink of giving up the piano for good when Kilov, a Russian gangster, offers him a unique opportunity: £10,000 if Glenn teaches his daughter Beethoven's "Fur Elise"... in a day.
Acting
Fedoro's Kilov somehow menacing and deeply sad.
Direction
Winstone squeezes a feature's tension into 23 minutes.
Director
David Winstone
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot as a 2012 Oscar-qualifying short, though it never received nomination—criminal, frankly.
Blake Ritson is an actual pianist; the finger-work is his, adding sweaty authenticity to Glenn's panic.
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