The Chapel (2023)
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Duration: 96 minuten
Country:
Belgium
Directed by: Dominique Deruddere
Stars: Taeke Nicolai, Renée Vanderjeugd and Ruth Becquart
IMDb score:
5,8 (442)
Releasedate: 8 February 2023
This movie is not available on US streaming services.
The Chapel plot
The young twenties and virtuoso pianist Jennifer Rogiers has been hiding a secret for years. She takes part in the Queen Elisabeth Competition in which the twelve finalists are cut off from the outside world for a week. This weighs heavily on Jennifer. Combined with the memory of a childhood trauma and the stress inherent in top-level competition, she loses the pedals.
Actors and actresses
Tony Rogiers
Sara Rogiers
Jennifer Rogiers
Ivanka Berkov
Fedir Nazarenko
Jane
Driver
Alexandra Spinnler
Doris
Reviews & comments
Fisico
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- 10039 messages
- 5398 votes
I am not an undivided fan of Deruddere. But this The chapel charmed me. His best since Crazy love. In The Chapel we get a glimpse behind the preparation of the 12 finalists of the prestigious Queen Elisabeth Competition. For piano this time. We get a glimpse of total seclusion in The chapel, a castle located in Waterloo near Brussels, where the finalists can prepare for their moment de gloire.
The large long ensembles are somewhat lacking in the film, but there are enough intermezzos to indulge your musical heart. If not, you just have to look at the KEW itself. The focus is on the girl Jennifer, a Flemish girl who grew up in New York. However, she carries with her a trauma that only manifests itself later.
The plot unfolds well through a series of flashbacks. We get to know her parents. One very ambitious and pushy, the other completely uninterested in classical music. But both love their daughter, each in their own (wrong) way. The other characters barely come out of the picture, but that is also difficult if you only keep an eye on 90 minutes.
The finale is beautiful and exciting. Very intense performance by Taeke Nikolai. And I can be content with the ending. Fortunately not a cliché approach that despite all the obstacles she still won the competition. Fine! Big 3.5 *!
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Movsin
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- 8331 messages
- 8448 votes
Dominique Deruddere introduces us to the Queen Elisabeth Competition.
A young, motivated and passionate top pianist struggles with an event from the past that cannot let go of her, even during the week in isolation that precedes her performance.
Sometimes a thriller-mystery allure, but above all a psychological drama.
It is clear that leading actress Taeke Nicolai has doggedly mastered aspects of piano playing, which partly results in a good act.
Not a top film. Interesting but missing something. Perhaps a bit of persuasion in its entirety.
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mrklm
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- 12190 messages
- 10362 votes
Jennifer Rogiers [Taeke Nicolaï] is a tormented young piano virtuoso who participates in the prestigious Queen Elisabeth Competition for musicians at the beginning of their professional career. Jennifer doesn't seem to have much interest in it and that is related to the pressure that her mother has been putting on her for years and the loss of her father. Taeke Nicolaï had never played the piano until Deruddere offered her this role. Derudderes uses dated editing techniques to disguise this and makes it difficult for the less trained ear to judge the quality of Jennifer's performances. Fans of piano concertos may enjoy this more, but Nicolaï's one-dimensional playing shows a lack of dramatic depth. The title refers to the place where all participants stay in the run-up to the competition.
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