The Piano Tuner Of Earthquakes
Twitch has a bucketload of stills from the upcoming Terry Gilliam produced Brothers Quay film The Piano Tuner Of Earthquakes.
According to the helpfully translated synopsis…
On the evening before her wedding, opera singer Malvina (Amira Casar) is mysteriously killed by Dr. Emmanuel Droz (Gottfried John), who loves her obsessively. A “brain doctor” and inventor who has unlocked the secrets of rejuvenation, Droz steals away with the lifeless body before anyone can react - particularly her fiance, Adolfo Blin (Cesar Sarachu).
Far off at his secluded residence, Villa Azucena, Droz brings Malvina back to life, but only to keep her in a state of resigned lifelessness. Night after night, he rehearses an opera with her, one he’s written himself.
Droz has designed an artistically elaborate stage, and it’s here that he intends, at the peak of a one-time-only performance, pour his own life - as the hero - into hers. It’s in this way, so his hypothesis goes, that he will be united with Malvina in an eternal embrace and also take his revenge on the opera world, which has so far rejected his musical creations.
Felisberto (Cesar Sarachu), a piano tuner, is called by Droz to see to his instruments: the automatic machines, driven by the tides, seem in some puzzling way to be influencing life at Villa Azucena. Because he bears a resemblance to her fiance, Alfredo, Felisberto is able to establish communication with Malvina. He falls in love with her and, once he begins to see through Droz’s plans, decides to risk everything to save her. Assumpta (Assumpta Serna), the housekeeper and the Doctor’s lover, warns him, though at the same time, she is torn between her love for her employer and her jealousy of the singer.
Now go see the stills.
Monday 25 Jul 2005 | Paul | New and Upcoming Films
