Author: Carlo Cecchi

Format: NTSC

Release Date: 13-07-1999

Details: Amazon.ca Majestic fresco crossing the ages, Le Violon rouge, by François Girard, is to date the most accomplished film by the director of Thirty-two short films about Glenn Gould. The splendid script by Girard and Don McKellar retraces the epic of a legendary violin, from the workshop of a 17th century Italian luthier (Carlo Cecchi) until today, when the precious instrument is sold at auction , evaluated by an American expert (Samuel L. Jackson). Between the two, the violin will have crossed 18th century Austria, Victorian England and the Cultural Revolution in China, and changed the lives of a child prodigy (Christoph Koncz), a royalist musician (Jean-Luc Bideau ), a British virtuoso (Jason Flemyng), a woman of letters (Greta Scacchi) and a Chinese activist (Sylvia Chang). Acclaimed by the public, critics and the film world (Génie prize and Jutra prize for best film), Le Violon rouge is one of those rare works that manages to combine the breadth of a historical film and the sense of detail and emotion. The sensitive gaze of François Girard makes this journey through time a striking metaphor on creation, love and immortality. From the images by Alain Dostie to the editing by Gaëtan Huot, including the sets by François Séguin and the costumes by Renée April, every aspect of the film is impeccable. Moreover, the music of John Corigliano (Oscar for best soundtrack) is like this magnificent Red Violin, both grandiose and intimate. --Eric Fourlanty

UPC: 807581139651

EAN: 0807581139651

Languages: English

Binding: DVD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood