Two Hands: The Leon Fleisher Story (S)
2006 · Documentary · 17 min. · United States
In 1964, Leon Fleisher's career as a concert pianist was thriving. A seemingly minor accident - a cut on his right thumb - led to dystonia, the involuntary curling of his right hand's ring and little fingers. In recent interviews, Fleisher talks about what followed: the end of a marriage, despair and disappointments, surgery in 1983 that led to a brief return to the concert hall, and, finally, with Botox and Rolfing, the ability to play with two hands. In between, Fleisher discovers his ecstasies: conducting, teaching, and playing compositions for one hand commissioned in the early twentieth century for a World War I veteran.
Direction Nathaniel Kahn
Cast Leon Fleisher · Daniel B. Drachman · Tessy Brungardt · Matt Haimovitz · Andy Simionescu · Katherine Jacobson-Fleisher · Ben Kim · Almo Pagin · Regina Shenderovich · Erikson Rojas
Cinematography Don Lenzer
Original title Two Hands: The Leon Fleisher Story (S)
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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