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The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
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The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes

The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes

2005
Drama, Musical
1h 39m
The breathtakingly beautiful and long-awaited second feature from the Brothers Quay. On the eve of her wedding, the beautiful opera singer Malvina is mysteriously killed and abducted by a malevolent Dr. Droz. Felisberto, an innocent piano tuner, is summoned to Droz's secluded villa to service his strange musical automatons. Little by little Felisberto learns of the doctor's plans to stage a "diabolical opera" and of Malvina's fate. He secretly conspires to rescue her, only to become trapped himself in the web of Droz's perverse universe. (Zeitgeist Films)

Directed by:

Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay

Screenwriter:

Stephen Quay, Alan Passes

Starring:

Amira Casar, Gottfried John, Assumpta Serna, Marc Bischoff, César Sarachu, Ljubisa Gruicic, Henning Peker, Gilles Gavois

Genres:

Drama, Musical, Family/Kids, Fantasy, Animation

Countries:

France, Germany, UK

Languages:

English, Portuguese
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The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes

2005
Drama, Musical
1h 39m
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slantmagSlantMag
Rated 23 Oct 2010
30
78th
"Snow globe visions and gnarly mouth nightmares swirl together in this darkly lyrical fantasia." - Nick Schager
Rated 23 Oct 2010
astrakhanastrakhan
Rated 30 Dec 2014
48
2nd
A film which totters back and forth on the line between credible, almost-engaging but underfunded mystery, and pretentious, vacuous Euro-arthouse trash. Clearly created by a partnership who have a strong faith in their own auteurship abilities, and never listened to anybody who told them they weren't that good. The principal problems are the lack of plot, constant flow of empty dialogue and monologue, and circular character arcs. The Quays' good work must be at the opposite end of the spectrum.
Rated 30 Dec 2014
jakeaestheteJakeAesthete
Rated 19 Dec 2014
51
48th
I'm sure i'd appreciate Institute Benjamenta a lot more if i rewatched it now, this was not great by any stretch but it was completely fine for what it is. The worst that can be said about it is that it's kind of like Tim Burton trying to direct a Guy Maddin film (strong overtones of Twilight of the Ice Nymphs in particular), or maybe a lesser Raoul Ruiz film, without much of the humor.
Rated 19 Dec 2014
luna6ixLuna6ix
Rated 20 Oct 2011
57
12th
The Quay Brothers attempt to showcase their savant-like stop motion abilities in a full thirty seconds combined of stop motion animation. On top of that, in the sparse sections where you get to see it, there's hardly any motion in the "stop-motion". What's left is a poorly written and mishandled script. What a shame.
Rated 20 Oct 2011
tech2isobeltech2isobel
Rated 07 Jul 2011
45
30th
Pretencious as hell!!
Rated 07 Jul 2011
atilaudcatilaudc
Rated 28 Jul 2008
90
68th
WOW. People who love surrealism is going to love it. If you like Tool videos you should see the brothers Quay films. Check out their short films also.
Rated 28 Jul 2008
maxx2029Maxx2029
Rated 21 Mar 2008
80
54th
Didn't really understand what was going on, while watching it for the first time. But the beauty of the film keeps you interested in it.
Rated 21 Mar 2008
meerkatmeerkat
Rated 17 Nov 2007
30
6th
Disappointing implementation of a good premise.
Rated 17 Nov 2007

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