The Red Violin 1998

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 125 min

genre: drama

theme: anthology

director: François Girard

Score: 6 / 10

The Red Violin is a 1998 drama film directed by François Girard and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Carlo Cecchi and Sylvia Chang. It spans four centuries and five countries as it tells the story of a mysterious red-coloured violin and its many owners. The instrument, made in Cremona in 1681 with a future forecast by tarot cards, makes its way to Montreal in 1997, where an appraiser identifies it and it goes to auction. The film was an international co-production among companies in Canada, Italy, and the United Kingdom.

Plot

Cremona, 1681 (<small>Language: Italian</small>)

Awards

Cast

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author	Don McKellar François Girard
award	Academy Award for Best Original Score Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Motion Picture
contentLocation	Italy
director	François Girard
editor	Gaëtan Huot
genre	drama
keywords	appraiser bury child prodigy chinese government classical music communist party cultural revolution dead body death devil government of the people\'s republic of china grave robber grave robbers gypsy gypsy woman hanged man heart defect history of russia justice learn luthier metronome moon muse music teacher musical instruments new york city nothing orphanage political officer prodigy prussia rebirth red guards reincarnation romani romani language romani people russia self-criticism shanghai string suffer tailpiece tarot tarot cards the hanged man to compose university of montreal varnish vienna violin-maker western classical music young woman
musicBy	John Corigliano
nomination	Academy Award for Best Original Score
producer	Niv Fichman
productionCompany	CITY-TV Film4 Productions New Line Cinema Rhombus Media Telefilm Canada
publisher	Odeon Films Variety
recordedAt	Montreal
theme	anthology epic