Orchestra Rehearsal
(1979)
★ 6.6 IMDb · 131 votes
Year: 1979
Runtime: 72 мин
Country: Germany, Italy
Director: Федерико Феллини
Cast: Balduin Baas, Clara Colosimo, Elizabeth Labi, Ronaldo Bonacchi, Ferdinando Villella, David Maunsell, Francesco Aluigi, Andy Miller, Franco Javarone, Sibyl Mostert
Plot
An orchestra assembles for a rehearsal in an ancient chapel under the inquisitive eyes of a TV documentary crew, but an uprising breaks out.
In a Medieval Roman chapel, now an oratorio, an elderly factotum sets up for rehearsal. The musicians arrive, joking and teasing. A union shop steward explains that a TV crew is there, talking to them is optional, and there will be no extra compensation. Musicians talk about their instruments. The German conductor arrives and puts them through their paces; he yells, he insults. The shop steward calls a 20-minute break. The conductor retreats to his dressing room and talks about how the world of music has changed, moving away from respect for the conductor. He returns to the rehearsal to find the orchestra in full revolt. What can bring them back to the music?