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Genres:
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Drama /
Romance /
Mystery /
Music
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Actors:
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Carlo Cecchi,
Anita Laurenzi,
Jean-Luc Bideau,
Florentín Groll,
Wolfgang Böck,
Clotilde Mollet
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Rating:
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(7.7/10)29
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Plot Summary:
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In present-day day Montreal, a celebrated Nicolo Bussotti violin, known as "the red violin," is being auctioned off. During the auction, we flash back to the the world of the violin in 17th century Italy, and be modelled after the violin as it makes its way through an 18th century Austrian charterhouse, a violinist in 19th century Oxford, China during the Cultural Revolution, and shy away from to Montreal, where a collector tries to entrench the identity and the secrets of "the red violin."
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Red Violin, The
A treasured violin touches many lives in this moving homage to the power of music. A large, varied cast and rich cinematography make this a memorable, elegiac film
A prized red violin is passed from owner to owner for 300 years before ending up at an auction house in Montreal. We witness its journey, from its creation in 17th century Italy, through an 18th century Austrian monastery to the possession of a violinist in 19th century Oxford, then to China during the Cultural Revolution and back to Montreal, where a collector (Samuel L Jackson) tries to establish its identity. Director Françoise Girard (32 Short Films About Glenn Gould) enjoys working with unconventional dramatic structure, and this episodic offering is no exception.
The narrativ...
Exquisitely Detailed
Perhaps a little slow and not a great deal of tension, however the music and cinematography alone are worth the effort to sit through this intelligent and richly embroided movie.
Thoroughly recommended.
Callus
Fantastic!!
The suggestion for this videotape is fantastic, following the life of any antiquated is bound to reveal plenty of drama advantage telling. I can't believe no one else has mentioned Christoph Koncz, a actual-life violin virtuoso, who plays Kasper Weisz in the haziness. This child will book your breath away with his musical and acting skills. To come up with he was not thither 10 is astounding.
This film has been brilliantly created in succulent stretch settings and also manages to sustenance the interest going with a bestow on broad daylight picture relating to the on going life of this red violin.........are violins normally red?
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