Brussels Philharmonic joins forces with Cineflagey: during the Rachmaninov Festival, each festival day you can enjoy a timeless film classic featuring Rachmaninov's masterful music as the centerpiece.

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The true story of a gifted Australian piano prodigy, this biographical drama was nominated for seven Oscars, with actor Geoffrey Rush winning for Best Actor. Rush stars as David Helfgott, a pianist with a history of mental problems.

As a fragile boy genius at math, chess, and piano, David is driven hard by his overbearing father, a tyrant who forbids him to accept a scholarship offered by the great violinist Isaac Stern. Although he studies briefly in London, David has a nervous breakdown after performing Rachmaninov's daunting Piano Concerto No. 3 (known as the Rach 3). Years later, the adult David keeps up a steady patter of nervous stammering at all times and has been reduced to playing in a bar. Through a friend, he meets astrologer Gillian, and falls in love with her. With Gillian's help, David embarks down the road to regained fame and mastery of the Rach 3.