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The Concert (2009)

The Concert (2009)

Drama Comedy

The grand deception that became the performance of a lifetime.

Release Date: 2009, November 4
Directors: Radu Mihăileanu
Countries: Belgium, France, Italy, Romania
Production: Oï Oï Oï Productions, France 3 Cinéma, EuropaCorp, Castel Film, Panache Productions, BiM Distribuzione, RTBF
Cast: Mélanie Laurent, Lionel Abelanski, Aleksey Guskov, Anna Kamenkova, Vlad Ivanov, Anton Yakovlev, Bing Yin, François Berléand, Ramzy Bedia, Guillaume Gallienne, Valeriy Barinov, Miou-Miou

Overview:

A former world-famous conductor of the Bolshoï orchestra, known as "The Maëstro", Andreï Filipov had seen his career publicly broken by Leonid Brezhnev for hiring Jewish musicians and now works cleaning the concert hall where he once directed. One day, he intercepts an official invitation from the prestigious Théâtre du Châtelet. Through a series of mad antics, he reunites his old orchestra, now composed of old alcoholic musicians, and flies to perform in Paris and complete the Tchaikovsky concerto interrupted 30 years earlier. For the concerto, he engages a young violin soloist with whom he has an unexpected connection.

Keywords:

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