Rent The Red Violin (1998)
3.7 of 5 from 89 ratings
2h 1min
- General info
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- Synopsis:
- Bussotti is a master craftsman who creates a special violin for his unborn child, but when the child and his mother both die during childbirth Bussotti is obsessively compelled to finish making the instrument. So begins the story of The Red Violin. As it travels across continents, cultures and centuries it continues to inspire passion and obsession in every life it touches.
- Actors:
- Carlo Cecchi, Jean-Luc Bideau, Christoph Koncz, Irene Grazioli, Anita Laurenzi, Tommaso Puntelli, Samuele Amighetti, Aldo Brugnini, Clotilde Mollet, Florentín Groll, Johannes Silberschneider, Rainer Egger, Paul Koeker, Wolfgang Böck, Josef Mairginter, Johan Gotsch, Geza Hosszu-Legocky, David Alberman, Arthur Denberg, Andrzej Matuszewiski
- Directors:
- François Girard
- Writers:
- Don McKellar, François Girard
- Others:
- John Corigliano
- Aka:
- Le violon rouge
- Studio:
- Cinema Club
- Genres:
- Drama, Thrillers
- Collections:
- Best Film Quests and Adventures, Films by Genre
- Countries:
- Canada
- Awards:
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Reviews (1) of The Red Violin
Mystery with a difference - The Red Violin review by CP Customer
This film was an interesting mystery with a difference. It made quite compelling viewing. Starting with the tragic death of a violin maker's wife and child in childbirth, it tells the story of the violin and it's journey through different ages and the many hands it changes into, particularly the orphan boy who first learns to play it. The story is interestingly interwoven with modern times and Samuel L Jackson, who delves a little into its authenticity and then like the others before him, whose lives the violin has touched, he becomes obsessed with it, and he finally switches it for a substitute. This is a film with a compelling storyline, well-drawn characters and it certainly worth viewing.
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