The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes

The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
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Directed by	Stephen Quay Timothy Quay
Produced by	Terry Gilliam Keith Griffiths Hengameh Panahi Alexander Ris
Written by	Alan Passes
Music by	Trevor Duncan Christopher Slaski
Cinematography	Nick Knowland
Edited by	Simon Laurie
Distributed by	Zeitgeist Films
Release dates	2005 (2005)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	Germany France United Kingdom
Language	Portuguese English

The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes, released in 2005, was the second feature-length film by the Brothers Quay and their first film in over ten years. It features Amira Casar, Gottfried John and Assumpta Serna.

Plot

A 19th-century opera singer is murdered on-stage shortly before her forthcoming wedding. Soon after being slain by the nefarious Dr. Emmanuel Droz during a live performance, Malvina van Stille is spirited away to the inventor's remote villa to be reanimated and forced to play the lead in a grim production staged to recreate her abduction. As the time for the performance draws near, piano tuner of earthquakes Felisberto sets out to activate the seven essential automata who dot the dreaded doctor's landscape and make sure all the essential elements are in place. Once again instilled with life after her brief stay in the afterworld, amnesiac Malvina is soon drawn to the mysterious Felisberto as a result of his uncanny resemblance to her one-time fiancé Adolfo.

See also

• List of stop-motion films

External links

• The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes at Metacritic
• The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes at Rotten Tomatoes
• The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes' at MovieScore Media
• The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes at IMDb
• The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes at AllMovie