A 15-minute gut punch where broken chords heal more than broken homes.
A young boy's love for the piano offers escape from his parents disintegrating marriage and the bullies at school.
Acting
Diarmuid Noyes delivers crushing nuance without dialogue.
Direction
Lambe trusts silence more than most trust exposition.
Director
Vincent Lambe
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Vincent Lambe made this as his graduation film from the National Film School of Ireland; it won Best Short at Galway Film Fleadh.
The piano becomes Joey's only language when his parents' screaming makes words useless—notice how his playing intensifies during their fights.
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