A performer of fierce integrity and dazzling communicative power, young French pianist Lucas Debarque became the most talked-about artist of the fifteenth International Tchaikovsky Competition. The documentary offers unique insights into Debarque's life as a musician at the beginning of a remarkable career, with rehearsals and concerts from Moscow to Chicago via Weimar and Salerno, revealing talents as a composer and jazz improvisor and his first-time entry into a world of recording studios, touring and fame, in a crucial year of discoveries.