MUERTOS QUE HABLAN, VIVOS QUE CALLAN

Talking Dead, Silent Living

España. 2007. Color. 29 min. Ficción. .
  • Film Director: María José Ruiz.
  • Producer: María José Ruiz.
Mónica, a Spanish journalist, investigates Ziryab's life, the great Iraqi musician born in 789 and visits a family of Arab musicians who claim to be descendents of him and being able to prove it. Mónica, a woman without prejudices, finds a family where its members stop playing the lute at the age of 30 scared by a curse that is said to be written in a letter but has never been opened.

María José Ruiz
María José Ruiz has worked as piano teacher at first and then she has begun her carrear as direction assistant in short plays like: "Yo nunca tuve la culpa de la lluvia", "Sígame Padre" y "El sexto".
"¿Algo para tirar?" (2006) / "Muertos que hablan, Vivos que callan" (2006) / "Cuentos para un caminante errante" (2007, Largometraje documental de 90 min.) / "Senza Tempo" (2007, Largometraje de 90 min.)