The PianoTuner of EarthQuakes (2005)

Not Recommended

UK/France/Germany

Feature Film

Directors: Quay Brothers

Writers: Alan Passes, Quay Brothers

Cinematographer: Nic Knowland

Composer: Christopher Slaski

Cast: César Sarachu, Amira Casar, Gottfried John, Assumpta Serna

This bizarre tale of an evil doctor’s obsession for a beautiful opera singer (the second feature film by the Quay brothers) is a work that will prove too obtuse for most; although it does contain numerous pleasures – mostly in the form of its distinctive, painterly visuals – but one must conclude, in the end, that there is little going on beneath its admittedly attractive surface. Iain.Stott