The Instrument-A Film by Adam Nemett

THE INSTRUMENT

THE INSTRUMENT (2005) is a narrative feature film about seven students who inherit their enigmatic mentor’s instrument-building workshop and must undergo a collective rite of passage based on the spiritual components of music.

To fully claim their inheritance, the students must live together for a month and participate in seven diverse musical rituals. Throughout their journey, the students rely on the meditative practices taught by their mentor — namely, the power of Silence. But when the rituals take a dark turn, the workshop becomes a magnifying glass for the fantasies and anxieties hidden in the human mind.

Featuring an eclectic original score ranging from orchestral to electronic music, and all points in between, THE INSTRUMENT stands as a narrative portrait of musical meditation — the spiritual power of Sound and of Silence.

"Damn near unclassifiable...a potent draft of vicarious pleasure."

—LA Weekly

"Slyly ambitious...a series of music-based rites that become increasingly compelling to watch."

—Variety