THE SOUND OF MUSICK [sic!]

Debut feature film directed by Peter Kutin & Florian Kindlinger
~90 min, to be finished in 2025
Produced by AZ productions

Synopsis :
The hills around Salzburg no longer sing. Once ‚alive with the sound of music‘, they appear frozen in a timeless, gray winter. Wolfgang, a once-celebrated composer, struggles with increasing depression that manifests itself in recurring nightmares. In these, an eerie light pierces through the darkness of the forests; it’s pulses shake the tenderness of Wofgang’s soul. Desperate, he seeks help from an eccentric psychoanalyst who insists on being addressed as “General.” Their unconventional therapy practice confronts Wolfgang with romanticized as well as distorted memories and inner dissonances. Where has the harmony retreated to?

Conceived as an “anti-musical,” the film deconstructs the Hollywood hit “The Sound of Music” (1965) by revisiting its filming locations—to cast them in a different light with uncompromising music, eccentric language, trash aesthetics, and a touch of humor. It questions Hollywood’s image of Austria as a land of peaceful goat herders and unyielding Nazi opponents, offering instead a revision that challenges this constructed collective memory.
A mischievous portrait of a traumatized nation haunted by indelible echoes.
A Noisical.

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The cast is drawn entirely from the heart of the international experimental music and performance scene (no professional actors are involved).

WIth : God’s Entertainment, Fuckhead, Alessandro Battici, Karolina Preuschl, Elvin Brandhi, Victoria Shen, Elisabeth Bakambama Tambwe, Akemi Takeya, Mara Matuschka, Mathias Lenz, Victoria Hauser, Maria Koller, Didi Bruckmayer, Michael Strohmann, Johanna Sophia Baader, Gratis Georg, Shaban Kamel, Christopher Sturmer, amm.

Supported by BMKOES, Land Steiermark, Land Salzburg, Land Oberösterreich, Stadt Salzburg, SKE Fonds.
In Cooperation with Impulstanz & God’s Entertainment