Movies: Maurice Ravel

Beautiful violin virtuoso Camille has two obsessions: the music of Ravel, and a friend of her husband's who crafts violins. But his heart seems to be as cold as her playing is passionate....

The film is a parody of Disney's Fantasia, though possibly more of a challenge to Fantasia than parody status would imply. In the context of this film, "Allegro non Troppo" means Not So Fast!, an interjection meaning "slow down" or "think before you ...

Filmmaker Richard Dindo's unique documentary uses historical reenactments and speculative "interviews" of historical figures to paint a fascinating portrait of one of the most influential writers of modern literature, renowned author Franz Kafka. Bes...

Artists and poets meet in a dreamlike space between walks and performances....

In 2008, 24 year old Ryan Sullivan set out from his Nebraska hometown with Hollywood aspirations. Instead he found himself in San Francisco, "the cool gray city of love," making a documentary about a porn company....

Martin, in a last ditch hope, comes to meet Léa in Paris. They are both twenty-five and shared their first love story together. They are both now striving to mature....

As two families celebrate the engagement of their children, one of the lovers unearths a family secret....

Framed by the tranquil beauty of a forest near Berlin, Khatia Buniatishvili gives a recital of pianistic masterpieces dappled by the shade of verdant ferns and leafy canopies. As a special treat, her older sister Gvantsa joins her for four-handed wor...

This short film adapted from the ballet "Daphnis and Chloe". The pirates chasing Chloe, the capture and rape. The Bryaxis, their leader, obliges to dance for him. The syringe comes to free her…forever....

The life and thoughts of Juan Manuel Espada, keeper in charge of the morgue sited at the Medicine University of Valencia....

Bolero is played every 15 minutes in the world. This film tries to answer how this famous melody inspired and influenced the world pop-culture? It explores the complexity and the richness of a piece so simple in appearance: the emotions it triggers, ...

“Bolero” by Ravell is expressed in the mouvements of surrealistic paintings and in the rhythm of the film. This short animation won Golden Berlin Bear for Best Short Film....

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Nine beautiful amazons report how they murdered the men who deserved it...

A cinematographic attempt at a maximum of exertion and a maximum of relaxation based on the thoughts of John Cage, Chuang Tzu and others....

The film tells that a person, even in very difficult circumstances, is able to turn the tide....

Alice Sara Ott and Francesco Tristano join forces for this energetic and joyful collaboration on the stage of the international Heidelberger Frühling (Heidelberg Spring) festival, held annually since 1997 in March and April in the romantic German cit...

The 1987 Glyndebourne production of Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges, designed by Maurice Sendak and directed by Frank Corsaro....

A dance set to Pierre Boulez's recording of Ravel's Ma Mere l'Oye...

Between the end of adolescence and the beginning of adulthood, Lou and Laylou go through the summer of their 17th birthday. A poetic, singular and strong look at a pivotal moment in adolescence....