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Synopsis: Cadence (Malia Flack) has an incredible gift for music. The only problem is no one knows it. Overcome with stage fright, Cadence has hidden her talent away only to show it in the comfortable confines of her school music room, after hours of course, and only for the ears of her best friend Lizzy (Avery Noel). As the daughter of successful sound engineer parents, Cadence feels the pressure to be heard. Mika (Elina Odnoralov) comes from a classically trained musical family and must contend with her piano genius brother. She struggles to deal with the weight of expectations, as she wrestles with her talent and the style of music her heart yearns to play. A Perfect Chord is an inspiring film about overcoming fears, living up to expectations, the power of friendship and using ones gifts and talents to inspire others.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Year:
2015
95 min
190 Views


I WAS IN HERE YESTERDAY

AND I HEARD YOU PLAY.

YOU WERE IN HERE

YESTERDAY TOO?

AGAIN, NO PICTURES OR

CREEPY WALL IN OUR BASEMENT.

I WASN'T SPYING.

I COME IN HERE:

EVERYDAY TO PLAY.

AND YESTERDAY I WAS

WAITING FOR LIZZY,

THEN YOU SHOWED:

UP, SO I HID.

WHY DID YOU RUN YESTERDAY?

THAT'S REALLY NONE OF

YOUR BUSINESS, IS IT?

NO, NOT REALLY, BUT COULD

YOU JUST WAIT A SECOND?

WHY?

JUST WAIT... ONE SECOND.

[STRUMMING GUITAR]

I GIVE IT ALL TO YOU,

ALL MY PLANS ALL

THAT I AM...

MY LIFE IS YOURS...

TAKE IT, SHAPE I FOR YOUR GLORY...

I GIVE IT ALL TO YOU...

[PIANO MUSIC STARTS]

[GUITAR MUSIC STARTS]

I GIVE IT ALL TO YOU, ALL

MY PLANS ALL THAT I AM...

MY LIFE IS YOURS...

TAKE IT, SHAPE I FOR YOUR GLORY...

I GIVE IT ALL TO YOU...

THAT WAS AWESOME!

DO IT AGAIN!

[MUSIC]

HEY, HOW WAS SCHOOL?

HELLO?

HEY.

HI:

HOW WAS SCHOOL?

FINE. IT WAS FINE.

UM, SAME OLD STUFF.

SAME OLD STUFF?

YAH, YOU KNOW, CLASS AFTER

CLASS, LUNCH, CLASS,

AND LIZZY.

OK.

HM.

[PIANO MUSIC PLAYING]

JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU.

WHEN YOU COMBINE A TRULY

AMAZING GOD GIVEN GIF WITH PRACTICE AND

DETERMINATION...

JULLIARD!

MY SON IS GOING:

TO JULLIARD!

[PIANO MUSIC CONTINUES]

SO, YOU GUYS WERE

AWESOME YESTERDAY, RIGHT?

REALLY?

YOU DON'T SEE IT?

I THINK AN ENCORE

IS IN ORDER!

UH, THAT'S NO A GOOD IDEA.

YAH, IT SEEMS

A BIT EXTREME!

YAH, WHAT IF

IT WAS A FLUKE?

OR WHAT IF WE GET CAUGHT?

I CAN'T GET EXPELLED.

ME EITHER.

I MEAN, WHAT WOULD

I TELL MY PARENTS.

"MOM, DAD, I GOT EXPELLED.

OH FOR WHAT?

YAH, PLAYING MUSIC."

I JUST DON'T THINK

IT WAS A GOOD IDEA.

ME EITHER.

LOOK AT YOU TWO!

SO CUTE!

YOU EVEN PLAY OFF EACH

OTHER'S EXCUSES WELL!

WHATEVER.

THOSE WERE THE LAMES EXCUSES EVER...

EVER BY THE WAY!

FINE, YOU DON'T HAVE

ANY DESIRE TO SEE

WHERE THIS COULD GO?

YES!!

[MUSIC]

SO YOU WANT TO PUT YOUR

INDEX FINGER HERE

ON THE G,

AND THEN RIGHT BELOW IT,

YOUR OTHER FINGER.

OK, STRUM THAT.

[STRUMS GUITAR]

STRUM ALL OF:

THOSE STRINGS.

WELL, LET'S BACK UP.

WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.

[HUMMING]

[HUMMING]

WAS IT IN THE VOCAL TRACK?

I DON'T THINK SO, HE

WAS IN THE ISO BOOTH.

WELL IS IT BLEED

FROM THE HEADPHONE?

TRY AND SOLO IT.

UGH!

I CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHICH

TRACK IT'S COMING FROM.

IT'S LIKE IT'S COMING

FROM ALL OF THEM.

WELL PLAY IT THROUGH

THE MONITORS.

[HUMMING WHILE TRACK PLAYS]

HEY HUN!

HOW WAS SCHOOL?

UM, FINE I GUESS.

WHAT'S GOING ON?

NOTHING, NOTHING, YOU JUS SEEM A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

DIFFERENT?

HOW AM I DIFFERENT?

I DON'T KNOW YOU

SEEM A LITTLE...

...VIVACIOUS?

YES, VIVACIOUS.

YOU GUYS SCARE:

ME SOMETIMES.

WELL IS THERE SOMETHING

YOU WANT TO TELL US?

YAH, LIKE SOMETHING THA WILL MAKE ME WANT TO

COMMIT A FELONY?

IS IT A BOY?

MOM, NO, AND DAD, YOU

CAN'T EVEN STEP ON A

SPIDER WITHOUT SQUEELING.

NO, SPIDERS ARE UGLY,

HAIRY, SMALL...

AND THE FANGS AND THE LEGS.

WHY ARE WE TALKING

ABOUT SPIDERS?

THAT'S NOT THE POINT.

WHY ARE YOU SO HAPPY?

I DON'T KNOW.

I'VE JUST BEEN HAVING

SOME FUN AT SCHOOL.

- FUN?

- FUN?

LIKE WITH A BOY?

NO, NO.

OK.

IT'S NOT A BOY.

OK, SO I WAS IN

THE MUSIC ROOM,

WHEN SOMEONE CAME IN AND

SPOOKED ME, SO I HID.

AND THEN LIZZY CAME IN,

AND SO WE NEEDED TO FIND

OUT WHO IT WAS.

AND WE COULDN'T FIND OU BECAUSE WE WERE LOOKING IN

THE LUNCHROOM WITH ALL

THESE NERDS AND FOOTBALL

PLAYERS, WHATEVER.

SHE CAME UP WITH THE IDEA

OF HIDING OUT AGAIN.

AND I WAS LIKE, "THAT'S

KIND OF STOCKERISH

DON'T YOU THINK?"

AND SHE WAS TALKING ABOU THIS NINJA HAT AND STUFF

I DON'T EVEN KNOW.

AND OH! WHEN SHE CAME IN,

IT WAS SO AMAZING!

SHE STARTED PLAYING,

AND IT WAS LIKE OHH!

WHOA, WHOA.

WE HAVE NO IDEA WHA YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

SO, THERE'S... THERE'S

NO BOY IN THERE?

NO, NO BOY.

I'VE BEEN PLAYING

WITH SOMEONE.

PLAYING?

AS IN...

MUSIC.

THAT IS AWESOME!

GIVE US MORE DETAILS!

YOU CAN TELL US ANYTHING!

SO, WHO IS IT?

WHAT DO THEY PLAY?

IT'S THE NEW GIRL, MIKA.

SHE'S SO GOOD!

HUH!

AND SHE'S NOT A BOY!

HONEY, I AM SO

PROUD OF YOU...

YOU GUYS WERE:

REALLY GOOD TODAY!

CAUSE YESTERDAY:

WAS REALLY BAD?

NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.

YAH, WE WERE REALLY

GOOD YESTERDAY.

YAH, YOU GUYS WERE REALLY

GOOD YESTERDAY AND TODAY!

I JUST HOPE WE DON' GO BACK TO STINKING,

LIKE WE DID YESTERDAY.

YEAH, YOU THINK IT'S LIKE

A CERTAIN DAY OF THE WEEK?

YOU KNOW LIKE MONDAY,

WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY WE

STINK, AND THEN TUESDAY

AND THURSDAY WE'RE GOOD.

NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT I

WAS GETTING AT AT ALL.

I WAS JUST...

FUNNY, REAL FUNNY.

YOU MUSICIANS THINK ITS

REAL FUNNY TO PICK ON

US TONE DEAF.

IT'S NOT, IT HURTS.

WHAT'S THIS?

OH, NOTHING.

IT'S JUST A SONG

I'VE BEEN WORKING ON.

THAT'S HER SONG WRITING

BOOK JOURNAL THING.

EVERY SONG SHE HAS EVER

WRITTEN IS IN THERE.

I THINK YOU'VE

INSPIRED HER A LITTLE.

IT KEEPS GETTING

BIGGER AND BIGGER.

IT'S REALLY COOL TO SEE

HOW YOU GUYS HAVE GELLED

TOGETHER TO MAKE

SUCH GREAT MUSIC.

IT'S NOT THE STUFFY STUFF.

YOU MEAN LIKE CLASSICAL?

NO, LIKE THE STUFF

FROM THE 90'S.

[PIANO PLAYING]

[APPLAUSE]

WOW, WHAT A PERFORMANCE!

TRULY AMAZING!

AND YOU, LOVELY AS USUAL.

YOU, MY FRIEND,

NOT AS LOVELY!

SO MIKA, TELL ME WHAT IT'S

LIKE TO HAVE A BROTHER

WHO'S GOING TO BE

THE NEXT MOZART.

WELL, IT'S JUST SO

WONDERFUL TO HAVE A FAMILY

WITH SUCH A FINE

MUSICAL TRADITION.

TRULY FANTASTIC!

A VIOLINIST, A CONCER PIANIST, AND YOU MY SON!

YOU DON'T FALL VERY FAR

FROM THE TREE, DO YOU?

IT'S A FINE

JULLIARD TRADITION!

YOU'VE GOT SOME MIGHTY

BIG SHOES TO FILL

LITTLE MISSY!

TRULY FANTASTIC!

WONDERFUL!

TRULY FANTASTIC!

SO, HOW LONG DO WE WAI UNTIL WE REALIZE

WE'VE BEEN BLOWN OFF?

DID YOU SEE HER:

IN CLASS TODAY?

I THINK I MIGHT HAVE

SEEN HER IN THE HALLS.

I THINK I SAW HER

SHOES IN THE BATHROOM.

I THINK I MIGHT HAVE SEEN

HER OUTSIDE FOR LUNCH.

I THINK I SAW HER OUTSIDE

TOO WITH BIG FOO AND THE ALIENS!

I THINK THEY WERE

SHARING COOKIES!

SO BACK TO MY:

ORIGINAL QUESTION.

HOW LONG DO WE WAIT?

[MUSIC]

THAT'S IT, I'M CALLING IT!

SHE'S NOT GOING TO SHOW!

[MUSIC]

HEY...

HELLO?

HEY:

HEY:

WHERE WERE YOU?

JUST LOST I GUESS.

WELL, ARE YOU OK?

YOU DON'T QUITE

SEEM LIKE YOU.

UH, I DON'T KNOW.

WELL, YOU KNOW IF YOU

NEED TO TALK TO SOMEONE,

I'M HERE, RIGHT?

THANKS MOM, I KNOW.

[SCHOOL BELL RINGING]

DO YOU THINK SHE WAS SICK?

MAYBE.

YAH, MAYBE SHE WAS SICK.

MAYBE SHE HAD AN

APPOINTMENT OR SOMETHING.

MAYBE.

OOH, WHAT IF SHE SECRETLY

RECORDED THE SONGS,

AND TOOK THEM TO A HIGH

LEVEL MUSIC EXECUTIVE WHO

IS FLYING IN TO MEET US?

YOU'RE RIGHT, SHE PROBABLY

DOESN'T OWN A SMALL

RECORDING DEVICE.

OR HAPPEN TO KNOW A HIGH

LEVEL MUSIC EXECUTIVE.

WHAT IF SHE WENT ALL

"LIFETIME NETWORK" ON US?

YOU KNOW, SHE SHOWS

UP, BEFRIENDS US,

SHE'S ALL MYSTERIOUS

AND TALENTED.

AND EVERY SO OFTEN, SHE

GOES BACK TO HER OTHER

HOME AND FRIENDS A A DIFFERENT SCHOOL.

AND THEN SHE HAS TO DECIDE

WHICH ONE OF US TO KILL

OFF. YOU KNOW, LIKE

THOSE UH, GUYS WITH

TWO DIFFERENT FAMILIES?

MAYBE.

YAH, MAYBE WE SHOULD

JUST GO ASK HER.

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