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Trip to Asia: The Quest for Harmony

2008. Germany. Written and directed by Thomas Grube. With Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic. Grube's previous documentary about music, Rhythm Is It! (2004), enjoyed a healthy run in the U.S., and his new work should inspire similar interest. An insider's chronicle of the Berlin Philharmonic's whirlwind trip to six Asian capitals, Trip to Asia shows how a distinguished community of musicians—and the individual players—react to cultures that are at once alien and startlingly familiar. In German, English, Spanish, Chinese; English subtitles. 108 min.