Prodigious: Two twin sisters born under the sign of the piano

Prodigious, they are so to the tips of their fingers. They are Claire and Jeanne Vallois, two twin sisters with hair red as fire and wise as sleeping water. Thanks to their self-sacrifice and the coaching of their father, a freediving champion who gave up everything to follow the careers of his two daughters, these two sisters both entered a prestigious conservatory, the gateway to their musical dreams. There, they studied the art of the piano with a music teacher who was as demanding as he was formidable and who developed in her a real fascination mixed with a certain confusion of feelings…

Incarnated by Camille Razat and Mélanie Robert two actresses and two friends that you may know for their respective roles in the series Emily in Paris and Un Si Grand Soleilthe destiny of Claire and Jeanne Vallois could have ended there: by obtaining conservatory diplomas and a well-defined career which would have made their parents proud, played by Franck Dubosc and Isabelle Carré. But this kind of happy ending certainly wouldn't have been enough to make a film. In fact, if Claire and Jeanne are so wonderful, it's because nothing is going to go as planned!

While they perfect their piano lessons at the conservatory, the two sisters will soon be overcome by discomfort and pain, initially slight and then soon unbearable, which affects their hands and wrists. Soon the diagnosis comes and they discover that an orphan disease is gradually weakening their body, causing increasingly significant inflammation, edema and muscle stiffness. It is a genetic and incurable disease, a severe bone demineralization which permanently prohibits them from instrumental practice.

The story could also have ended there. However, because they refuse this twist of fate and because they have known each other inside and out since they were little, the two twin sisters will develop an unexpected musical technique which will allow them to continue playing on stage, both. An innovative musical technique, based on the touch of the piano keys, large gestures giving strength to their arm and an unexpected flexibility which will allow them to continue to play works from the repertoire and their own compositions on stage no longer on stage. two but four hands.

This story is too good to be true you think. Well, think again! What is most remarkable about this film is that it is inspired by a true story, that of two twin sisters, sisters Audrey and Diane Pleynet who actually succeeded in fighting the limits of their bodies to live their dreame. It is this extraordinary story full of resilience that invites you to discover the film Prodigious or the story of two twin sisters born under the sign of the piano!