Orchestra Rehearsal

“The Decline of the West in C# Major”

A television crew follows an Italian orchestra into an ancient chapel to film a rehearsal, and the musicians begin to talk back, first about the music and then about everything else. Federico Fellini lets the Harpiste (Clara Colosimo) and the others crowd the frame. The Chef d'orchestre (Balduin Baas) stands in front of them, and the trouble between him and his players is the only thing the whole room can agree on.