The Red Violin (French: Le Violon Rouge) is a Canadian film released in the USA on June 11, 1999. The film received an Academy Award for the Best Original Score (John Corigliano), 8 Genie Awards, 9 Jutra Awards , a Golden Reel Award (for sound editing), and a Best Artistic Contribution Award from the Tokyo International Film Festival . The film is notable in that dialogue is spoken in the language appropriate to each setting, with subtitles. It was the first film since Grand Illusion (1937), directed by Jean Renoir, to have dialogue in more than four languages (in this case five): Italian, Austrian, French, Mandarin and English

Plot

The Red Violin is the story of a "perfect" violin being auctioned in Canada. As the bidding starts, the story of the violin's origins are revealed, showing us that the violin itself has been around the world for 300 years, causing anger, betrayal, and sacrifice. The violin's history is depicted in locations around the world, with scenes in Cremona, Vienna, Oxford, Shanghai, and Montreal.

Cast:

Cremona

Carlo Cecchi .... Nicolo Bussotti

Irene Grazioli .... Anna Bussotti

Anita Laurenzi .... Cesca

Vienna

Christoph Koncz .... Kaspar Weiss

Jean-Luc Bideau .... Georges Poussin

Oxford

Jason Flemyng .... Frederick Pope

Greta Scacchi .... Victoria Byrd

Shanghai

Sylvia Chang .... Xiang Pei

Zifeng Liu .... Chou Yuan

Montréal

Samuel L. Jackson ... Charles Morritz

Colm Feore ... Auctioneer

Monique Mercure ... Madame Leroux

Don McKellar ... Evan Williams

Director:

François Girard

Writers:

Don McKellar

François Girard

Producers:

Niv Fichman .... producer

Daniel Iron .... co-producer

Giannandrea Pecorelli .... co-producer

Barbara Shrier .... line producer

Music:

John Corigliano ... composer

Joshua Bell ... solo violin

Esa-Pekka Salonen ... conductor

Philharmonia Orchestra

External link

• The Red Violin at the Internet Movie Database