The Red Violin
A music film tells about a perfect violin inspires passion, making its way through three centuries over several owners and countries, eventually ending up at an auction where it may find a new owner.
28 July 1961, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
4 December 1954, Khorostkov, Ternopol Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Khorostkiv, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine]
9 December 1967, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
18 February 1960, Milan, Lombardy, Italy
13 April 1953
1 October 1940, Geneva, Switzerland
9 August 1945, Vöcklabruck, Austria
1985, Lausanne, Switzerland
3 March 1921, Poland
22 September 1958, Salzburg, Austria
19 April 1966, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
12 November 1979, Beijing, China
17 September 1971, Montréal, Québec, Canada
22 May 1966, Shanghai, China
22 August 1958, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
1938, Wimbledon, Surrey, England, UK
January 01, 2000
a composition in five movements. Although the primary theme (the violin) ties all the segments together, it is but a thin string.
May 26, 2006
A surprisingly exciting and delicate epic.
July 02, 2003
entertains with fanciful fable and contains beautiful virtuoso violin solos (by Joshua Bell) and location shooting, but offers little substance
May 25, 2003
Derided by some contrarian critics for being "safe", this is an ambitious and at times uneven epic that stretches several continents and centuries . . .
August 15, 2013
Like the immaculate instrument it follows, "The Red Violin" is a piece of filmmaking fully refined by the hands of someone who believed in the material, and the effect it leaves us with is one of transcendence.
October 10, 2004
François Girard ... with co-writer Don McKellar and an able cast, has spun a yarn that crosses all manner of boundaries: geographic, artistic, and taste.
March 05, 2002
A spiritually rich and musically sublime drama about the soulful dimensions of beauty.
July 02, 2004
It is disconcerting to see {Jackson}...after watching his exceptional performances as crazy criminals in two Quentin Tarantino movies.
October 07, 2004
The story lines, while having little direct connection to historical events, are obviously grounded in musical and artistic legend.
