The Red Violin
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| Directed by | François Girard |
| Produced by | Niv Fichman |
| Written by | Don McKellar & François Girard |
| Starring | Samuel L. Jackson Jason Flemyng Greta Scacchi Christoph Koncz |
| Music by | John Corigliano |
| Cinematography | Alain Dostie |
| Editing by | Gaëtan Huot |
| Distributed by | Lions Gate Films (USA) |
| Release date(s) | November 13, 1998 June 11, 1999 (USA) |
| Running time | 131 min. |
| Language | Italian German French Mandarin English |
| Budget | US $18 million. |
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The Red Violin (French: Le Violon rouge, German: Die Rote Geige, Italian: Il Violino Rosso, Mandarin: 红提琴) is a Canadian film released on November 13, 1998 (in the USA on June 11, 1999). The film received an Academy Award for the Best Original Score (John Corigliano), 8 Genie Awards, 9 Jutra Awards, a Golden Reel Award (for sound editing), and a Best Artistic Contribution Award from the Tokyo International Film Festival. The film is notable in that dialogue is spoken in the language appropriate to each setting, with subtitles. It was the first film since Apocalypse Now (1979), directed by Francis Ford Coppola, to have dialogue in more than four languages (in this case five): Italian, German, French, Mandarin and English. While the film's title actually contains words in all five languages, it is generally known by either the English or the French portions.
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[edit] Plot
The Red Violin is the story of a "perfect" violin being auctioned in Canada. Known for its rich red colour, the violin is aptly named "The Red Violin". As the bidding starts, the story of the violin's origins are revealed, showing us that the violin itself has been around the world for over 300 years (1681), causing anger, betrayal, love, and sacrifice. The violin's history is depicted in locations around the world, with scenes in Cremona, Vienna, Oxford, Shanghai, and Montreal.
The plot bears strong resemblance to that of John Hersey's 1991 novel Antonietta, which follows a unique Stradivari violin through several episodes of its history, though that is never acknowledged in the credits.
[edit] Cast
Cremona
- Carlo Cecchi - Nicolo Bussotti
- Irene Grazioli - Anna Bussotti
- Anita Laurenzi - Cesca
Vienna
- Christoph Koncz - Kaspar Weiss
- Jean-Luc Bideau - Georges Poussin
Oxford
- Jason Flemyng - Frederick Pope
- Greta Scacchi - Victoria Byrd
- Joshua Bell - Orchestra member: First violin (cameo)
Shanghai
- Sylvia Chang - Xiang Pei
- Liu Zifeng - Chou Yuan
Montréal
- Samuel L. Jackson - Charles Morritz
- Colm Feore - Auctioneer
- Monique Mercure - Madame Leroux
- Don McKellar - Evan Williams
[edit] Crew
- Director: François Girard
- Written by Don McKellar & François Girard
- Producede by Niv Fichman
- Co-Producers Daniel Iron & Giannandrea Pecorelli
- Line Producer Barbara Shrier
- Music by John Corigliano
- Solo violin Joshua Bell
- Performed by Philharmonia Orchestra
- Conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen
[edit] External links
- The Red Violin at the Internet Movie Database
- The Red Violin at Metacritic
- Antonietta at Amazon.com
