Two Pianos(2026)

Name: Two Pianos
Director: Arnaud Desplechin
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: May 1, 2026
Cast: François Civil, Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Charlotte Rampling, Hippolyte Girardot, Alba Gaïa Bellugi

Kino Lorber

NR
1h 55m
- Drama
- Romance

Release Date: May 1, 2026 | Limited

Mathias Vogler is a pianist who left France eight years ago and has been teaching in Japan ever since. When his former mentor Elena invites him back to Lyon for a series of concerts, he returns. Within hours of arrival, he runs into Claude, the woman he once loved and left behind without explanation. Then he sees a child who looks exactly like him. A French melodrama about memory, identity, love, and the past that refuses to stay put.

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Original Release | May 1, 2026

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Director & Top Cast

Arnaud Desplechin
Director

François Civil
Mathias Vogler

Nadia Tereszkiewicz
Claude

Charlotte Rampling
Elena Auden

Hippolyte Girardot
Max

Alba Gaïa Bellugi
Judith

Anne Kessler

Anna

Jeremy Lewin

Pierre Solal

Marianne Pommier

Rosa

Valentin Picard

Simon

Laura Caselli

L'hôtesse de l'air

Keith Farquhar

Le maître d'hôtel

Mélanie Guth

Admiratrice Elena

Pasquale D’Inca

Charles, le directeur de l'auditorium

Michaël Maïno

Le sous-directeur de l'auditorium

Rafaël Reves

L'invité ascenseur

Yanisse Kebbab

Le barman

Guillaume Benit

Le jeune violoncelliste

Technical Specifications

Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

Aspect Ratio: 2.39 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: France

Language: French,English

Summaries

Plot Summary

Two Pianos is a 2025 French romantic drama written and directed by Arnaud Desplechin. The film stars François Civil as Mathias Vogler, a pianist who returns to his hometown of Lyon after eight years of self-imposed exile in Japan at the invitation of his former mentor Elena (Charlotte Rampling), who wants him to perform a series of concerts with her at the Auditorium of Lyon. Shortly after his arrival, Mathias encounters a young boy who looks uncannily like him, and crosses paths with Claude (Nadia Tereszkiewicz), his first love, setting off an emotional spiral. Hippolyte Girardot rounds out the principal cast. Cinematography is by Paul Guilhaume, and the score is composed by Grégoire Hetzel. The film was produced by Why Not Productions and distributed in France by Le Pacte. The film had its world premiere in the Gala Presentations section of the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2025, and was subsequently screened at the San Sebastián International Film Festival and the Rome Film Festival. It was released theatrically in France on October 15, 2025, by Le Pacte. The US theatrical release is May 8, 2026. The film runs 130 minutes. Core themes include memory, identity, love, the doppelgänger, artistic ambition, and the weight of the past. The film is for audiences drawn to French auteur cinema and the work of Arnaud Desplechin.

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Fun Facts

Two Pianos (2025), or Deux pianos, is a French romantic drama directed by Arnaud Desplechin, centering on virtuoso pianist Mathias Vogler who returns from years abroad to his hometown of Lyon for a concert series with his former mentor Elena.