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The Red Violin Movie Review
The Red Violin Review
"The Red Violin" Overview
Rating: R
1999
Cast and Crew
Director : François GirardProducer : Niv Fichman
Screenwiter : Don McKellar,François Girard
Starring Carlo Cecchi, Irene Grazioli, Anita Laurenzi, Tommaso Puntelli, Samuele Amighetti, Aldo Brugnini, Jean-luc Bideau, Christoph Koncz, Clothilde Mollet, Florentn Groll, Jason Flemyng, Greta Scacchi, Eva Marie Bryer, Dimitri Andreas, Sylvia Chang, Liu Zifeng, Hong Tao, Xio Fei Han, Samuel L Jackson, Colm Feore, Monique Mercure, Don Mckellar, Ireneusz Bogajewicz
A sprawling epic and a would-be masterpiece, The Red Violin is the story of an
ill-fated violin, from the moment it is crafted in 1600s Italy to the day it is
sold at auction in millennial Canada. The violin is passed through 1700s
Vienna, to an Oxford virtuoso in the 1800s, and on to Mao's China for spell
before landing in the lap of Samuel L. Jackson's instrument appraiser.
Following the checkered past of such a fateful instrument makes you feel a
bizarre sense of connection with it. But ultimately the movie rings a tad
hollow -- with contrived plot points and an unbearable and unbelievable
finale. But never mind that -- Violin is a grandiose production that should be
seen and enjoyed.
Aka Le Violon Rouge.
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Review by Christopher Null 
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ProArte 
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posted on 02.01.2008 17:29
Elizabeth Pitcairn - virtuoso violinist and the owner of the "Red Mendelssohn"
violin that inspired the movie The Red Violin- will be playing the Red Violin
Suite with Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra on January 13th in Cambridge, MA! She is
an exceptional player, and the Pro Arte has been called "a simply outstanding
chamber orchestra" by Fanfare magazine. You can find more information on
www.proarte.org.
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