Bashir Waltz

Max Richter (The Leftovers, Taboo, Waltz with Bashir, Hostiles).has composed the original music for the upcoming HBO and RAI original series My Brilliant Friend (L’amica geniale).

When the most important friend in her life seems to have disappeared without a trace, Elena Greco, a now-elderly woman immersed in a house full of books, turns on her computer and starts writing the story of their friendship. Based on the bestselling series by Elena Ferrante.

Max Richter zählt heute zu den einflussreichsten musikalischen Stimmen der Welt. Mit wegweisenden Werken wie “SLEEP”, “Vivaldi Recomposed” und zuletzt “VOICES”, inspiriert von der Allgemeinen Erklärung der Menschenrechte, hat er weltweit ein Millionenpublikum ebenso berührt und begeistert wie auch mit seinen Soundtracks für große Hollywood Blockbuster.

Ravel et le Pays basque n’ont toujours fait qu’un. Œuvre centrale de l’album, son Concerto en sol est ici présenté dans un arrangement original pour piano et petit ensemble… Enfant du pays, le pianiste Aurèle Marthan a voulu rendre hommage à sa magnifique ville de Guéthary où il a créé un festival. Les autres œuvres de ce programme sont autant d’illustrations de la richesse de cette région chérie de nombreux artistes : Stravinski arrangea son fameux ballet Pétrouchka à Biarritz, Pablo de Sarasate avait choisi d’y résider et Isaac Albéniz s’y exile à la fin de sa vie.

Daigo Kobayashi is a devoted cellist in an orchestra that has just been dissolved and now finds himself without a job. Daigo decides to move back to his old hometown with his wife to look for work and start over. He answers a classified ad entitled "Departures" thinking it is an advertisement for a travel agency only to discover that the job is actually for a "Nokanshi" or "encoffineer," a funeral professional who prepares deceased bodies for burial and entry into the next life. While his wife and others despise the job, Daigo takes a certain pride in his work and begins to perfect the art of "Nokanshi," acting as a gentle gatekeeper between life and death, between the departed and the family of the departed. The film follows his profound and sometimes comical journey with death as he uncovers the wonder, joy and meaning of life and living.