The Concert

Le Concert

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Genre

Comedy

Director

Radu Mihaileanu

Run time

1h 59min

Cast

Aleksei Guskov, Dmitri Nazarov, Mélanie Laurent, François Berléand, Miou-Miou ., Laurent Bateau

Thirty years ago, Andrei Simoniovich Filipov, the renowned conductor of the Bolshoi orchestra, was fired for hiring Jewish musicians. Now a mere cleaning man at the Bolshoi, he learns by accident that the Châtelet Theater in Paris invites the Bolshoi orchestra to play there. He decides to gather together his former musicians and to perform in Paris in the place of the current Bolshoi orchestra. As a solo violin player to accompany his old Jewish or Gypsy musicians he wants Anne-Marie Jacquet, a young virtuoso. If they all overcome the hardships ahead this very special concert will be a triumph.

Genre

Comedy

Director

Radu Mihaileanu

Run time

1h 59min

Cast

Aleksei Guskov, Dmitri Nazarov, Mélanie Laurent, François Berléand, Miou-Miou ., Laurent Bateau

Thirty years ago, Andrei Simoniovich Filipov, the renowned conductor of the Bolshoi orchestra, was fired for hiring Jewish musicians. Now a mere cleaning man at the Bolshoi, he learns by accident that the Châtelet Theater in Paris invites the Bolshoi orchestra to play there. He decides to gather together his former musicians and to perform in Paris in the place of the current Bolshoi orchestra. As a solo violin player to accompany his old Jewish or Gypsy musicians he wants Anne-Marie Jacquet, a young virtuoso. If they all overcome the hardships ahead this very special concert will be a triumph.

Info

Rating

For All Audiences

Production year

2009

Global distributor

Wild Bunch

Local distributor

ACME Film OÜ

In cinema

3/25/2010