Amazon Editorial Review:

"Writer/ Director Alexandre Ginnsz was a 19-year-old senior student at the New York University Film School when he wrote Duo, his first film. Duo is the moving story of a boy in love with a violinist who sets out to become her accompanist. To lead his film, Alexandre chose a 12-year-old boy with Down syndrome, his brother Stephane, who in 1995 became the first actor with Down syndrome to ever star in a movie. Stephane rises to the occasion delivering an astonishing performance cheered by film audiences worldwide, and showing everyone that "special" people can be gifted too! Co-starring as the violinist is 12-year-old Eden Riegel, two-time Emmy Award nominee (update: now 3-time nominee, and one-time winner) and now the star of the popular TV show "All My Children". The chemistry between Stephane and Eden is pure movie magic. Duo is an ode to love, innocence, and beauty. It is a treat to your eyes, ears, and soul, a rare gem that will stay in your heart forever. It was an official entry at the 1996 Film Academy Awards (Student Category), finalist at the 1996 Chicago International Children's film Festival, winner of the 1996 Martin Scorsese Post Production Film Award, winner of the 1996 Warner Bros Pictures Film Production Award and winner of the 1996 Wasserman Film Award for Best Cinematography. Alexandre was also nominated in 1997 for the TASH Film Award, "for best promoting the inclusion of people with severe disabilities in all aspects of community life and reaching a national audience". The movie Duo is now available on DVD ( DVD pal, DVD ntsc, DVD secam) & Video. (update: since its release on DVD in 2004, Duo was screened as featured guest at the New York Sprouts International Film Festival and at the annual National Down Syndrome Congress Convention in California."

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