The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
She's dead.
Holz! Echeverria!
Adolfo's... by the door.
Darling, I promise. Come.
Darling, how was I?
- Sublime.
- Really? Oh, kiss me!
Guess who, Madame?
Lilies.
It has to be him again.
"'Divine one. Ever more tightly
around our two souls
draws the thread
between your voice and my ear."'
"'Yours eternally, Emmanuel Droz."'
- You know what to do.
- Yes. The same as all the others.
He could at least change his florist.
Oh, darling, why worry about it?
I don't even know who the man is.
Quick!
- Inside or outside?
- Oh! Oh, inside!
Take me!
Quick!
Ritorno subito.
Ti juro.
Guardami.
'Malvina.'
'Nightingale.'
'You will sing forever...
...in my cage.'
Don't move!
Halt!
She's dead.
Holz! Echeverria!
She will never sing...
to your music again.
'Malvina.'
'My beautiful Lazarus.'
'I've come to lift the stone.'
'To raise your voice.'
Malvina... everything's ready.
All that remains to be addressed...
...is the tuning.
'I'd received a letter. It was signed
"Doctor Emmanuel Droz".'
"'Dear Mr. Fernandez, I wish to obtain
your services most urgently."'
"'I assure you that the work
will be professionally stimulating
and worthy of your skills."'
'He promised me that one of his men
would meet me at the station.'
'As I looked around me, it felt
as though I'd been here before.'
'But when and how I cannot say.'
Emmanuel... the piano tuner is here.
So, how many pianos
does Doctor Droz have?
Pianos? There are no pianos here.
But I'm sure the Doctor will give you
his instructions himself tomorrow.
These are your quarters.
Look. Here we are.
There you are... and here I am.
And over there... are the gardeners.
And here now is the Doctor...
approaching to welcome you
to Villa Azucena.
Don Felisberto Fernandez...
...the Piano Tuner of Earthquakes.
It's unlocked.
'So, no pianos to tune.'
'Has the Doctor brought me here
under false pretences? '
'And that fresco.'
'Was it me stepping
into a painting already painted? '
'The next morning,
Assumpta the housekeeper
escorted me to meet Doctor Droz.'
Mr. Fernandez,
do you believe in dreams?
Yes, I do.
And?
Someone once told me
could no more explain a dream
than the postman's knock could
explain what's... what's in a letter.
Oh.
I suppose that would certainly depend
on how hard the postman knocked.
And for how long.
I had a dream last night,
Mr. Fernandez, and it was of you.
through the estate.
We ran and ran down rows of trees.
The more I ran,
the more excited the dogs became.
Their noses were at my heels.
And suddenly I stopped.
But the dogs all ran past
and nothing happened.
I... I was...
totally devastated.
and you were standing there...
...completely rigid.
Asleep... with a handkerchief
in your mouth.
And you were trying
to shout something,
What I'd like to know is, why did you
have a handkerchief in your mouth?
Oh, well.
a handkerchief in their mouth anyway?
Look, here we are.
And here's Doctor Droz.
The piano tuner.
And here the last of the replies
to your invitation.
They have all accepted.
- Oh, excellent. Excellent.
- Doctor.
Doctor. Doctor.
Echeverria's gone missing.
L-L-Later, Holz, er... later.
Fernandez Felisberto at...
'The Doctor then led me
to the first automaton.'
Feel that.
Water.
All my automata
function by hydraulics.
Then, you're not blind?
No, I'm not blind.
But, I assure you, Doctor,
my touch, my ear,
are no less sensitive
for my being sighted.
And, as I understand it now,
you didn't bring me here
for your pianos, anyway.
Mr. Felisberto,
since there are no pianos to tune,
I've given you automata instead.
In these machines...
...Mr. Felisberto...
...is contained the Dream.
That of music.
The most rational irrationality
of all.
Of which I, Droz... am the heart.
Sheer artifice, Mr. Felisberto.
And all this...
dependent upon nature.
'The Doctor told me that
there are seven automata in total.'
'And that there was
very little time left... '
Before the final performance.
- Final performance?
- Unique.
Timed for a very special hour.
And... with very special guests.
I'm sure you will understand
the urgency of my request.
'So I was to work on automata,
not pianos.'
'I accepted the challenge.'
Mr. Felisberto, bear in mind...
'He explained to me
that they were not toys,
but delicate
and precious instruments.'
'And that I was to pay
special attention
to their musical
and sound qualities.'
Please.
'He then presented me
with a set of special tools.'
I bid you good day.
Echeverria!
I'll find you!
Echeverria!
Adolfo.
Is that you?
Lost, piano tuner?
Smell the gums of conifers.
Shut your eyes... and listen.
Which is the true forest,
Mr. Fernandez?
This one?
Or that one?
The last one.
How flattering, Mr. Fernandez.
Yes. I...
"The forest inside the forest."
I was certain you'd lose your way.
Not while my senses
are being so well explored.
Who is Doctor Droz?
- Who is Doctor Droz?
- Yes.
He's a forest no one can inhabit.
Oh, that's, er... that's not
what you meant, is it?
Doctor Droz
is what they call an alienist...
And as the Doctor himself puts it,
a man of science
But that's the official version.
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