The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Brothers Quay
Cesar Sarachu
Amira Casar
Gottfried John
Assumpta Serna
Michael Becker
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
The night before her marriage, the very beautiful opera singer Malvina is murdered on stage, in front of her public. The disturbing Docteur Droz takes her corpse to a strange and gigantic dwelling by the ocean, where he makes musical automata. He takes on a piano tuner, Felisberto, to look after his mechanical objects. Guided by a seductive and maternal housekeeper, the ingenuous and gentle Felisberto is astonished to discover the purpose for which he has been employed, and the doctor's unusual world: the servants, the woods, the sea, the automata, are all very strange, and full of mystery. Every evening, the piano tuner hears a bewitching song, whose source he cannot work out. Determined to solve this mystery, he follows the voice, and furtively discovers Malvina, whom the doctor has brought back to life. When out for a walk, he finds her sitting on a bench facing the sea; she seems absent, hardly speaks, and Felisberto gradually realizes that their host has decided to make her the star attraction of a diabolical opera, with her performing alongside a cast of automata. Moved by the young woman's beauty and vulnerability, he resolves to do everything he can to free her.
Crew
Michael Becker
Karin Bierbaum
Remi Burah
Kandis Cook
Trevor Duncan
Terry Gilliam
Keith Griffiths
Lech Jankowski
Eva Kammerer
Nic Knowland
Simon Laurie
Hengameh Panahi
Alan Passes
Brothers Quay
Brothers Quay
Brothers Quay
Timothy Quay
Timothy Quay
Timothy Quay
Michel Reilhac
Alexander Ris
Jorg Rothe
Larry Sider
Christopher Slaski
Paul Trijbits
Eric Veenstra
Meinolf Zurhorst
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Limited Release in United States December 1, 2006
Limited Release in United States November 17, 2006
Released in United States 2005
Released in United States August 2005
Released in United States Fall November 17, 2006
Released in United States on Video April 24, 2007
Released in United States September 2005
Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (Competition) August 3-13, 2005.
Shown at London Film Festival (Film on the Square) October 19-November 3, 2005.
Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Visions) September 8-17, 2005.
Stephen and Timothy Quay are known professionally as the Brothers Quay.
Released in United States 2005 (Shown at London Film Festival (Film on the Square) October 19-November 3, 2005.)
Released in United States on Video April 24, 2007
Released in United States August 2005 (Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (Competition) August 3-13, 2005.)
Released in United States September 2005 (Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Visions) September 8-17, 2005.)
Limited Release in United States November 17, 2006 (Cinema Village; New York City)
Released in United States Fall November 17, 2006
Limited Release in United States December 1, 2006 (Nuart; Los Angeles)
