The Accordionist

2013, 5 minutes

This is a film that celebrates the power of music, for it can allow us to release our most buried emotions and to find a state of spiritual revitalization.

The Accordionist tells the story of Otto, a dying old man who is stuck in a retirement home. He sometimes spies on his neighbour Agnes, an old woman who plays the harmonica. When his daughter does not show up for his birthday, and instead sends him the accordion that he used to play when he was younger, Otto is forced to confront the demons of his past, and to accept both his mistakes and the loneliness of his condition. Things take an unexpected turn, however, in a heart-wrenching ending that shall not be revealed.



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