The Red Violin

The Red Violin

  • Director: François Girard
  • Writer: Don McKellar,François Girard
  • Countries of origin: Canada, Italy, United States, United Kingdom, Austria
  • Language: English, Italian, German, French, Mandarin
  • Release date: June 11, 1999
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Червона скрипка
  • "The Red Violin" is a 1998 feature film directed by François Girard and starring Jason Flemyng and Greta Scacchi .
    The film mainly tells the story of a violin traveling through three centuries of time and space.

    Details

    • Release date June 11, 1999
    • Filming locations Cremona, Lombardia, Italy
    • Production companies Rhombus Media, Mikado Film, New Line International

    Box office

    Budget

    $18,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $10,019,109

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $47,415

    Gross worldwide

    $10,019,109

    Movie reviews

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    • By Jannie 2022-04-20 09:02:12

      The tune is too sharp

      It has always been believed that the violin is the most spiritual instrument, and it will integrate with the player and blend in with the soul. Beautiful streamlined and graceful, the timbre is "like resentment, admiration, weeping, complaining, and the lingering sound is curling and endless." A pair of famous violin maker Nicola Amati poured all the enthusiasm of his wife and smeared it with his wife's blood. What kind of spiritual tool will the violin be made?

      I hope there are many...

    • By Abby 2022-04-20 09:02:12

      perfect ending

      She got her by despicable means, but it's the most perfect ending.
      No matter what reasonable reasons those who want her have. What noble purposes.

      Interesting isn't it, those who want her sit Together, let's see who can buy her at a higher price, and she seduces the man, who steals her.

      I can feel her breathing helplessly on the high shelf, maybe She will be protected by the highest bidder in the most scientific and meticulous way. But she doesn't need, she doesn't need...

    • By Darrion 2022-04-20 09:02:12

      dull

      It may be a matter of personal taste. I am not very interested in this kind of film that is somewhat surreal, somewhat fairy-tale, with gorgeous and delicate pictures, but it makes the story more boring. In particular, the tarot cards add to the mystery of the story, making it seem rambling.

      The soundtrack in some passages is oversaturated and does not coordinate well with the plot. The emotion in the plot reaches the level that the soundtrack wants to express, and the soundtrack...

    • By Winifred 2022-04-20 09:02:12

      violin cello

      After watching this movie, I especially miss another cello movie "Hilary and Jackie". The Chinese title has two versions "Crazy Cello" and "She's Lonely Than Fireworks" (also the name of a novel by Yi Shu) . The red violin changed hands several times, and connected 5 stories with one idea. In the fourth story, I was surprised to see the appearance of Zhang Aijia and Xiao Taohong. The melody of all stories is love, which is just like the manifestation of love in the world, with desire,...

    • By Ericka 2022-04-20 09:02:12

      poignant red violin

      Five cards, five stories. Wonderful way of narration, every one is heartwarming.
          The first story, Nicola Bassotti, the maker of the violin, is poignant. His wife died in childbirth, and he was so sad that he smeared the blood of his lover on the violin. Since then, the legendary "red violin" was born, and the red violin here is just the main line.
          The second story, the genius piano boy Casper Weiss. Heartbreakingly pure. The orphan seems to be born for music, he lives and dies...

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    • By Carmelo 2022-03-29 09:01:07

      The way of showing fate is slightly deliberate, and the feeling of being arranged overshadows fate itself. Although the structure and ideas of the story itself are remarkable, Teacher Yue Ying said it well, don't look at what the director made, but think about what the director wanted to show but he didn't do. Therefore, "the true meaning of fate" is a layer of meaning that the director almost penetrated. PS, compared with the little prodigy, the acting skills of Chinese children can eat...

    • By Monte 2022-03-29 09:01:07

      The structure of the curse + subparagraph metaphor is very similar to the flower moon, which is more religious. Here, the image of color + blood is used to express my favorite last story and the Vienna one. . Also the lines of the movie. . . English, Italian, French and German? The musician's part was so good that the OST praised it so much that he felt that the two actors who played the violin could not handle the close-up of the performance. The director really likes oriental...

    • By Dwight 2022-03-29 09:01:07

      In front of the peerless artwork, you have to have a more artistic inner carrying its extraordinaryness. In fact, art is at a high level, silently watching all living beings, it is all a...

    • By Keven 2022-03-28 09:01:08

      The narrative of the film is very innovative. Using the auction floor as a variation of the scene swap is a smart move. Let the years go by and the vicissitudes of life, it - the red violin, is still me. No matter how many historical changes have been experienced. When the strings are played, it seems to be in another unknown time and...

    • By Demetrius 2022-03-28 09:01:08

      Bi Minghui recommends. Three stories and one foreshadowing of the main line can be better shot, and the rhythm is weird. . . In view of the film quality skills in 1998 is already very good, the violin music is all kinds of good! Accidentally discovered Tao Hong's appearance back then, Zhang Aijia is so beautiful! The domineering mix of European four...

    Movie plot

    This film records a legendary violin-it has experienced 300 years of wind and frost, accompanied by the ups and downs of generations...
    For three hundred years, a hand of The Red Violin has been wandering in several countries, closely tied to the fate of several people. It seems that there is some kind of curse that makes people crazy about this piano.
    The maker of the violin is an Italian musical instrument master (carlo Cecchi) in the...
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    Story source

    For the birth of the first newborn child, the violin maker Nicolo Busotti exhausted his life's efforts to make a most iconic violin, making it a blessing for the birth of a newborn. It is a pity that the heavens did not follow the wishes of others, and the beloved wife died of dystocia. This painstaking gift instantly lost its meaning. Although hit by this incident, Busotti decided to complete this work, and added all the...
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    Production Company:

    Rhombus Media [Canada]
    Mikado Films (as Mikado)/(copyright holder)
    New Line International (as New Line International Releasing) (in association with)
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    Publisher:

    Alta Films SA [Spain] (1999) (Spain) (theatrical)
    Channel Four Films [United Kingdom] (1999) (UK) (theatrical)
    Anle Film Co., Ltd. [Hong Kong, China] (2000) (Hong Kong) (theatrical)
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    Release date:

    Country/Region Release/Release Date (Details)
    Canada, September 10, 1998...... (Toronto Film Festival)
    Japan, November 1998...... (Tokyo International Film Festival)
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    Movie Appreciation

    "The Red Violin" is a legend that has gone by for three hundred years. This is an exquisite violin made by the Italian master violin maker in the seventeenth century to bless the birth of his son. It was born only on the love of a father for his wife and children, and the wife who was in labor took the special anxiety of the future mother for the future. Seeking fortune-telling, a set of five randomly drawn cards from a poker gradually...
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    "" Popular Film Critics Network Film Critic: Your Destiny Is Doomed

    The grid was so high from the beginning, I never expected it. Moreover, the plot is quite mysterious and suspenseful. When the details of the auction are emphasized and replayed by the director over and over again, making the audience feel that the way of opening is wrong, the post-modernism is purely deconstructed by the director, and I have seen Borges' "Crossing Paths" The feeling of "The Garden".
    The story goes like this. For three...
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    Movie quotes

    • Charles Morritz: What do you do when the thing you most wanted, so perfect, just comes?