Variations

In Tristano muore (Feltrinelli) Antonio Tabucchi writes: "The music has already been played, all we have to do is introduce variations."
Hence the film's title, which suggests that perhaps we are not living in the best of all possible worlds. The actor introduces some variations, reacting with dance, song, and poetry to images that address pressing issues such as job losses, abandoned factories, the industrial crisis, layoffs, detention centers for immigrants, and the G8 in Genoa, alternating with other images from Dreyer's films.