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The First Motion of the Immovable

Jan 30, 2019 · 1h 21m
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Documentary
History
Music

PLOT

It all begins with a childhood memory: that day when the father of the future filmmaker Sebastiano d'Ayala Valva forces him to listen to certain music that initially terrifies him; a distant echo from the past that leads him to follow the trail of his mysterious ancestor, the Italian composer Giacinto Scelsi (1905-1988), who claimed that his music was directly inspired by the gods.

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CAST

Franco d'Ayala Valva
Self - Artist
Aldo Brizzi
Self - Music Composer
Michiko Hirayama
Self - Singer
Joëlle Léandre
Self - Musician
Marianne Schroeder
Self - Musician
Carol Robinson
Self - Musician
Livia Mazzanti
Self - Musician
Elena Schirru
Self - Singer
Directed by Sebastiano d'Ayala Valva

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Status
Released
Original language
FR
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Les Films de la Butte, ideaCinema, ARTE, Radio France
Country
FR

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