"TheTuner"isMuratova\'sbrilliantportrayalofasicksocietyonthevergeofcompletemoralcollapse.Herprotagonistsarethelittlepeoplesoremovedfromrealitythatattimestheyseemunrealistic,invented,andtheiractionsunmotivated.Intheend,theirweaknessandcrushingdefeatbythepettyconartistgivesthemmoralpowerthatvindicatestheirsocialmarginality.Theirquirkiness,theirrefusaltolivebytherules,or,asinthelastscene,toaccepttheirowndefeatevenwhentheirverysurvivalisatstake,becomes,paradoxically,thelasthopeforhumanity.AgainstthecontextoftheOrangerevolution,"TheTuner"becomesKiraMuratova\'spropheticvisionofthereturnofhumandignityinherhomecountry.