If you loved The Man Who Cried, try The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes has roughly 7.8× fewer votes than The Man Who Cried — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theyboth carry the bittersweet mood tag, and they sit in Drama / Music / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Man Who Cried, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes is
The Brothers Quay do love a sinister fairytale. A mad doctor kidnaps an opera singer to turn her into a singing automaton. A piano tuner then arrives, perhaps too late, at the doctor's bizarre mountaintop estate. It is, if nothing else, a very specific vibe.
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