The First Motion of the Immovable

Jan 30, 2019

1h 21m

★ 6.3

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary

History

Music

Production Companies

Les Films de la Butte

ideaCinema

ARTE

Radio France

The First Motion of the Immovable Trailers

Cast

Self - Artist

Franco d'Ayala Valva

Self - Music Composer

Aldo Brizzi

Self - Singer

Michiko Hirayama

Self - Musician

Joëlle Léandre

Self - Musician

Marianne Schroeder

Self - Musician

Carol Robinson

Self - Musician

Livia Mazzanti

Self - Singer

Elena Schirru

Self - Scelsi's Former Employee

Salvatore Pilosu

Self - Photographer

Alexander Lauterwasser

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