Hilary and Jackie

Perhaps inspired by the success of biopics like Shine and Amadeus, this film based on a true story -- and a book (entitled -A Genius in the Family) -- also focuses on the destructive forces of being a musical genius. Hilary and Jacqueline du Pré are gifted sisters who grow up in England in the 1950s ...more

Anand Tucker's first major feature film, Hilary and Jackie, is the real-life story of England's du Pré sisters. Siblings Hilary du Pré and Piers du Pré's memoir, -A Genius in the Family, provided the original account from which she penned this interesting and insightful journey into the minds of two sisters -- one who is extremely talented and well-known and another who is more "ordinary." A film that is essentially a character study requires performances that overtake the audience, and Emily ...more