Movie
1998
The Red Violin is a 1998 anthology drama film directed by François Girard and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Carlo Cecchi and Sylvia Chang. It spans four centuries and five countries telling the story of a mysterious red-coloured violin and its many owners. The instrument, made in Cremona in 1681 with a future forecast by tarot cards, makes its way to Montreal in 1997, where an appraiser identifies it and it goes to…
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Many connoisseurs of fine music complain that today, unlike the good old days, talent is less important than technology. But even in times without sound mixing studios many music talents couldn't properly manifest themselves without fine instruments. Modern audience is reminded of that in *The Red Violin*, a 1998 Canadian drama directed by François Girard. Plot is set in modern-day Montreal where the old violin is b…More
