The man who made symphonies dance died with two bullets and zero answers.
The morning of the 28th of March, 1977, the news broke out that the prestigious composer of "Ode to joy", Waldo de los Ríos, was found dead with two gunshots to the face. This documentary is a project trying to decipher all the secrets behind the public figure of the celebrated Argentinian musician, who lived in Spain since the 60s. During the investigation, we find a life of fame, luxury, passion, homophobia, dictatorship, esotericism, depression, solitud, an enigmatic suicide... and oblivion. We try to understand how one of the biggest composers of universal history transformed his own life into a requiem. From home-movies, photographs, personal letters, audio tapes and other inedit material, the documentary presents the most intimate and hidden portrait of this revolutionary musical genius.
Editing
Home movies cut like found-footage horror, but it's real.
Sound
His own compositions become the requiem he didn't know he was writing.
Director
Charlie Arnaiz
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Waldo's 'Mozart symphonies with Moog synthesizers' made him a 70s superstar across Latin America, but Spain's musical establishment treated him as a kitschy embarrassment — a tension that arguably accelerated his erasure.
The film's access to his personal audio tapes — including what appear to be unguarded moments of despair recorded alone — raises thorny questions about documentary ethics and the afterlife consent of the dead.
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