The Calligrapher
1991, English. Directed by Stephen Quay & Timothy Quay.
With harpsichord music in the background, a dandy, seated at a table, plucks a quill pen from a ceiling full of them above him, dips it in ink, thinks, then draws a straight line down the page in front of him, out of which sprout six more quill pens, each held by a hand. The calligrapher moves all the hands and pens in unison, drawing an elaborate feathered wing, which comes to live, peeling off the page, and, now a quill pen, slips in to his hand. He tucks it behind his left ear.
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- 0h 1m
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- English
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- 1 January 1991
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The Calligrapher isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1991. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Calligrapher?
The Calligrapher (1991) was directed by Stephen Quay and Timothy Quay.