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We here at Indie Friendlie.com watched this clever and captivating French- language, short film and really enjoyed it.

The premise: a piano tuner who pretends to be blind in order to win the sympathy of his clients and is doing well, until he witnesses a murder while on the job.

This short film needs to be a feature film, and bring the cast and crew along to the bigger project for the big screen, as performances and direction were clean and on point.

We are definitely looking forward to the next film from director Olivier Treiner.

If you like (classical) piano, black humour and losers with a heart, this gem will leave you wanting more... to live more.

Maybe enjoying more films, listening to piano playing and or playing it yourself if you're lucky, and yes, watching out for the unmerciful meek looking stranger :)!

Centered exclusively on Adrien, he's got a husky buddy not very convincing, a sort of love interest and little else. It's a limited world for a guy who's failed at something he values a lot. So he's got to pick up the pieces and start again... changing some personal information in the process :).

Utterly enjoyable!

WHAT A PATHETIC WORLD WE ARE LIVING!!! CALL FOR TURE LOVE!!!!!

Adrien, an irresistibly charming former wunderkid who suffered a major career setback as a classical pianist when his nerves got in the way of him coveting a prestigious prize, uses his new-found job as a piano tuner as a psychological crutch to regain his lost confidence, albeit with a slight "embellishment."

The director, Trenier, magnificently transformed a succinctly written script into a very witty vignette, marvelously showcased impressive performances from Leprince-Ringuet, as the strikingly youthful protagonist, and from Gadebois, as Adrien's affably cynical jobbing agent, Simon. and weaving the strangely appropriate song cycles from Robert Schumann's Dichterliebe to the musical score, adding further into the already irony-rich narrative.

A significant rare gem of a film, the story lingers with you long after you finished watching it.

Sly, sophisticated, subtle, stylish, scintillating...

My rating: A-plus-plussssss.

a film saved by its last part. because, except it, "The Piano Tuner" is only a correct film a bout a young man deceived by its failure.good performances, not bad story. the spice - a trap. changing everything. and proposing a portrait of fall and desire, revenge and destiny. the music. and the characters. the dialogue in the cafe. and the confession changing the perspective about Adrien. and the presence in the apartment of an old lady. as the presence of the price of a game who defines its precise rules.