Experiencing Interruptions?

Fortissimo

A pianist arrives in her new flat. But as soon as she rehearses, her neighbour tries everything possible to stop her from playing. The reason : she hates classical music. Soon enough, a sound war starts between the two women, very rapidly involving everyone in the building. When the police arrive, they witness a crowd of hysterical neighbours shouting at each other and take the side of the pianist, the only one who at that moment, after a moment of intense madness, is playing a serene Mozart piece.

  • janine Piguet
    Director
    To the stars
  • Janine Piguet
    Writer
    To the stars
  • Thierry Pradervand
    Producer
    Bacha Posh (nominated for swiss film award 2019)
  • Janine Piguet
    Key Cast
    "pianist"
  • Laure Balon
    Key Cast
    "neighbour"
  • Francis Coffinet
    Key Cast
    "neighbour"
  • Fabien Jegoudez
    Key Cast
    "cop2"
  • Bettina Kenney
    Key Cast
    "cop 1"
  • Elidan Arzoni
    Key Cast
  • miami Themo
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    20 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    July 16, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    110,000 CHF
  • Country of Origin:
    Switzerland
  • Country of Filming:
    Switzerland
  • Language:
    French
  • Shooting Format:
    RED
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2:35
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • clujshorts film festival (official selection)
    Cluj
    Romania
    April 3, 2020
    European premiere
  • soundance film festival (official selection )
    Barcelona
    Spain
    April 30, 2020
    Spain premiere
    Best actress
  • soundance film festival (official selection)
    Barcelona
    Spain
    August 30, 2020
    spanish premiere
    Best music film
  • Vox feminae festival (official selection)
    Zagreb
    Croatia
    May 11, 2020
    Croatia premiere
  • LIFF official selection
    Beirut
    Lebanon
    June 22, 2020
  • GIFF geelon int film fest (official selection)
    Geelong
    Australia
    July 17, 2020
    Australian premiere
  • malatesta short film festival (official selection )
    Forli Cesena
    Italy
    August 22, 2020
    italian premiere
  • Working title film festival (official selection)
    Vincenza
    Italy
    September 29, 2020
  • charlotte film festival
  • Long story short
    Bucharest
    Romania
    August 29, 2020
  • filmzeit Kaufbeuren
    Kaufbeuren
    Germany
    October 5, 2020
  • Pune film festival (oficial selection)
    Maharashtra
    India
    October 30, 2020
    official selection
  • Twin tiers film festival
    New York
    United States
    official selection
  • aarethaler film festival
    Münsigen
    Switzerland
    October 13, 2020
    swiss premiere
    official selection
  • vinilonga film festival
    Buenos AIres
    Argentina
    November 1, 2020
    Argentinian premiere official selection
  • soundscreen festival Ravenna
    Ravenna
    Italy
    September 26, 2020
    official selection
Distribution Information
  • Inredproduction
    Distributor
    Country: Switzerland
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - janine Piguet

Janine Piguet has just finished acting the main part of Bibi in Old Boys, Jean- François Amiguet's latest feature film (la méridienne, l’écrivain public, au sud des nuages,…). Recently nominated for the swiss film award 2019 for the film Bacha Posh, (for best producer), she is currently working in different european countries in english, french, italian, german and swiss german as an actress.

Janine trained as an actress and stage director at ‘Les Enfants Terribles’ in Paris, and with the prestigious European ACT (Actors Centre & RADA – London; Stadt Theater Mitte – Berlin; Comédie Française – Paris). Her career began on stage in Paris before getting hired in the french film "FLA" ( semaine de la critique, Cannes 2014) that opened a door to different film projects in France (Faeryland), Germany (the interphone), Switzerland (Old boys and Fortissimo) and England (I-Art), mostly as a lead actress.
In 2019, she acts in different films as a lead ; in Old boys, she is a cheeky barmaid, trying to find out who is her father, in "The interphone" (T.Pradervand, German), she is a jazz singer, in "Fortissimo" (J. Piguet, french), a crazy pianist in "I-Art" by Alex dos Santos, she plays a mother who has just lost her daughter (english). She is also often working on stage as an actress in France and Switzerland.
She has directed two short films so far, "jusqu'aux étoiles (to the stars) and Fotissimo (2019).
She is also trained in Singing (opera and Jazz) and piano (semi-professional level).
On the writing side, she has been developping the treatment of a feature with Francis Reusser, a swiss director (Derborence).

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Director Statement

This film tells the story of my mother, a pianist who has had to fight for the right to play her piano even during daytimes.