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The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
Stephen Quay , Timothy Quay
GERMANY-UK-FRANCE 99 m.
Synopsis
The Quay brothers are two of the most incorruptible and imaginative artists to have come out of modern animation cinema. In their second feature they apply their stop-motion techniques to the morbid Gothic tale of an opera singer kidnapped by a sinister doctor who wants to turn her into an automaton.
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Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay
Screenplay
Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay, Alan Passes
Production
Photography
Nic Knowland
Edition
Simon Laurie
Music
Christopher Slaski
Cast
Amira Casar, Gottfried John, Assumpta Serna, Cesar Sarachu, Ljubisa Lupo-Grujcic
Running Time
99 m.
Country
GERMANY-UK-FRANCE
Year
2005
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