Jutalomjáték (2019) 80% 5★

– Play for them. I'll be listening.
– I'll be playing for you.

– Do you like flowers, Mr. Cole?
– I like all quiet forms of life.

– I am an old man.
– What's the matter, you have something against younger women?
– No.

– What does great music feel like? Like a form of knowledge, maybe, or even wisdom? But it isn't wisdom of course, nor anything else I can put into words. The best I can do is to say that it's somehow about what it feels like to be alive.

– Henry Cole is an existential pianist. He plays with his whole life. Of course, being existential about anything can be complicated.

– You changed my life 15 years ago. […] „What matters most is experience,” you said, „Not performance. The greatest gift, what truly sets people apart is… the ability to feel.”

– Success often conceals a flaw, a wound, some deep-seated doubt. It might be forgotten for a while, but it's always there, operating in the background, lurking behind the mask.

– All these people, Henry, you make them happy, you know? That's why they come to hear you play. So, just play, Henry. Play for them.

– The real miracle is that I can still torment myself like this. Sometimes you just have to let it fly.

– A smile, Sir Henry, please.
– Why don't we just use a Kandinsky or Frank Stella?!….