Fresh
What the movie lacks in acting and coherence, it more than makes up for through imagery.
John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
2005 · 1h 39m · N/A
Drama, Fantasy, Music, Romance
Directed by
Stephen Quay
,
Timothy Quay
Overview
Dark fairytale about a demonic doctor who abducts a beautiful opera singer with designs on transforming her into a mechanical nightingale.
Director and cast
- Stephen Quay Director
- Timothy Quay Director
- Amira Casar as Malvina van Stille
- Gottfried John as Dr. Emmanuel Droz
- Assumpta Serna as Assumpta
- César Saratxu as Adolfo Blin / Don Felisberto Fernandez (as Cesar Sarachu)
- Ljubisa Gruicic as Holz (gardener) (as Ljubisa Lupo-Grujcic)
- Marc Bischoff as Marc (gardener)
- Henning Peker as Henning (gardener)
- Gilles Gavois as Echeverria (gardener)
- Volker Zack as Volker (gardener)
- Thomas Schmieder as Thomas (gardener)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
44%
Tomatometer
Rotten
It's a hauntingly effective, poetic mood piece but an exasperating drama.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Fresh
It is a bold step into a mainstream realm for its ancient fablelike theme, agile storytelling, magnificent design and sure grasp of long-form narrative structure.
Ted Fry, Seattle Times
Rotten
This opaque tale offers meticulously crafted atmosphere, but rather less passion or drama.
Bill Stamets, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
As in most of the Quays' fantasias, the narrative is oblique and slow moving but the florid visuals are rife with sexual and psychological overtones.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
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