Premier mouvement de l'immobile
Sebastiano D'Ayala Valva
2019 - 82 min - Video Full HD - Couleur - France, Italie

The childhood memory of hearing terrifying music pushed the director onto the trail of his mysterious relative: the composer Giacinto Scelsi. Scelsi insisted he received his music from the divine. He prohibited anyone from photographing him and lived as a recluse in his apartment in Rome. This is where he recorded his memoirs on magnetic tape at the end of his life, requesting that they should only be made public fifteen years after his death. In this film, the spirit of Scelsi returns in its ideal form: the sound wave.

Mort | Musique | Philosophie | Psychiatrie | Religion-Spiritualité


Author-Director : Sebastiano D'Ayala Valva
Photography : Olivier Chambon
Sound : Enrico Ascoli
Editing : Santi Minasi
Delegate Producer : Les Films de la Butte
Co-producer : Ideacinema
Broadcasting Co-producer : ARTE France
Broadcasting Co-producer : Radio France
Contribution : CNC. Avance sur recettes, Scam, Sacem

Distribution


Distributor : Les Films des deux rives

Distinctions

2019 - Sofia IFF - Sofia Internatiional Film Festival, Sofia (Bulgarie) : Sélection
2019 - FILAF - Festival International du Livre d'Art et du Film, Perpignan (France) : FILAF d'Argent
2019 - États généraux du film documentaire, Lussas (France) : Rencontres professionnelles
2018 - IDFA - International Documentary Festival Amsterdam, Amsterdam (Pays-Bas) : Best film first appearance
2018 - Torino Film Festival (TFF), Turin (Italie) : Best film italian selection