The First Motion of the Immovable (2019)
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.
Director: Sebastiano d'Ayala Valva
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Franco d'Ayala Valva as Self - Artist |
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Aldo Brizzi as Self - Music Composer |
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Michiko Hirayama as Self - Singer |
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Joëlle Léandre as Self - Musician |
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Marianne Schroeder as Self - Musician |
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Carol Robinson as Self - Musician |
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Livia Mazzanti as Self - Musician |
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Elena Schirru as Self - Singer |
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Salvatore Pilosu as Self - Scelsi's Former Employee |
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Alexander Lauterwasser as Self - Photographer |
| Sound | Giacinto Scelsi | Music |
| Directing | Sebastiano d'Ayala Valva | Director |
| Sound | Ary Carpman | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Aldo Brizzi | Music Supervisor |
| Sound | Enrico Ascoli | Sound Designer |
| Production | Claudio Saraceni | Producer |
| Production | Jacopo Saraceni | Producer |
| Sound | Ary Carpman | Sound Editor |
| Camera | Marc Aderghal | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Sebastiano d'Ayala Valva | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Olivier Chambon | Camera Operator |
| Production | Nicolas Lesoult | Producer |
| Production | Federico Saraceni | Producer |
| Sound | Enrico Ascoli | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Sophie de Hijes | Production Director |
| Editing | Santi Minasi | Editor |
| Camera | Stéphane Saporito | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Alexandre Poirier | Sound Editor |
| Camera | Agostino Vertucci | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Felice D'Agostino | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Franck Marchal | Sound Post Production Coordinator |
| Sound | Michele Tarantola | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Stefano Bari | Sound Recordist |
| Camera | Thomas Brémond | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Francesco Principini | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Lucas Héberlé | Sound Recordist |
| Writing | Sebastiano d'Ayala Valva | Writer |