Crossing Rachmaninoff

We don’t choose the music, the music chooses us.

– Flavio Villani's mentor Matteo Napoli

The film is about following a dream when it’s really hard, when you have to question yourself and keep on going. That was Flavio doing the concert, that was Rachmaninoff writing the piece, and to be honest, that was me making the film.

– Director Rebecca Tansley, in Metro magazine, 10 July 2015

It was huge that he was going home to do it, sort of showing his family, ‘This is who I am now, this is where I’ve got to,’ after growing up in the Italian south in the 80s, where being a pianist just wasn’t considered an option.

– Director Rebecca Tansley on the challenges Villani faced, Metro magazine, 10 July 2015

Villani is instantly likable and engaging ... The film is) as much a delight for the senses as it is emotionally compelling.

– Anthony Robins, reviewing the film on website The Spectator, 14 July 2015