The Tuner (2004)
- Original title
- Настройщик
- Directed by
- Kira Muratova
- Genre
- comedy drama, crime film, art film
- Country
- Ukraine, Russia
- Runtime
- 2h 34m
- Rated
- 18+
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 28 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A piano tuner gets drawn into a predatory game of trust and betrayal. Old women and a young man scheme against each other in a story about human nature and civilization.
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What happens
The Tuner (Russian: «Настройщик», romanized: Nastroyshchik; Ukrainian: «Настроювач», romanized: Nastroiuvach) is a 2004 Ukraine/Russia mix film of art house grotesque and a sting comedy. At the heart of Kira Muratova’s film is her characteristic and enduring love of predation—predation for its own sake. The film offers a complex assessment of the human subject, civilization, and the creative act. It premiered out of competition at the 61st Venice International Film Festival The stars of the film include famous Russian actors such as Alla Demidova, Renata Litvinova, Nina Ruslanova, Yuri Shlykov and Georgy Deliev. Directed by Kira Muratova, author of sixteen films over forty-two years, best known in the West for her political rehabilitation during the perestroika period and the un-shelving of her so-called provincial melodramas, Brief Encounters (1967/1987) and The Long Farewell (1971/1987). Ranks 75-80th in the list of 100 best films in the history of Ukrainian cinema. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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