Chopin, exquisitely sensitive, a suffering, fragile, depressive musician... That's how we like to think of him. And yet, Robert Schumann described his music as «cannons buried under flowers». Chopin was in fact a political pianist, a symbol of free Poland. He was also a man of many connections, which is why he was friends with so many famous artists. He wasn't a stage animal like Liszt, but he knew how to be charming and funny. The expression "weapons among roses" also applies to his music: the pleasant, classical, almost rosewater melody is often accompanied by a daring harmony, unique to him, that makes his compositions brilliant.

I was expecting a lesson in Manichaeism.

L'Histoire est replacée dans la littérature

There's the magic of literature. The kind that carries you away, takes you on a journey and touches you. The kind that, shining like a hundred-carat diamond, awakens the imagination, the intimate brilliance. «Le Cercle littéraire de Guernesey» is a bit like that, and even more so when it leaves the cinema.