The Red Violin
aka Le violon rouge
First screened in January 2020
Director: François Girard. Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Irene Grazioli, Carlo Cecchi, Anita Laurenzi, Christoph Koncz, Jean-Luc Bideau, Clotilde Mollet, Geza Hosszu-Legocky, David Alberman, Andrzej Matuszewiski, Jason Flemyng, Greta Scacchi, Sylvia Chang, Liu Zifeng, Tao Hong, Monique Mercure, Don McKellar, Ireneusz Bogajewicz, Julian Richings, Russell Yuen, Sandra Oh, Paula de Vasconcelos, Tommaso Puntelli, Aldo Brugnini, Samuele Amighetti, Rainer Egger, Wolfgang Böck, Florentín Groll, Johannes Silberschneider, Arthur Denberg, Paul Koeker, Josef Mairginter, Johan Gotsch, Eva Marie Bryer, Dimitri Andreas, David Gant, Yung Sai-Kit, Cao Kun Qi, Han Xio Fei, Tan Zengwei, Zhou Zhi Qing, Wang Xiaoshuai, Qiao Zhi, Yang Rui, Lidou, Zhang Kai, Rémy Girard, Marie-Josée Gauthier, Dany Laferrière, Dorothée Berryman, David La Haye, Gregory Hlady. Screenplay: Don McKellar and François Girard.

 Twitter Capsule: Engaging yarn with credible romantic streak, even if script's design consigns some brief episodes to slick surface.

VOR: ③  Resourceful attempt to cross linguistic and continental barriers within one narrative. Some clunky aspects, but more finesse than such films often have.


Photo © 1998 Rhombus Media/Mikado Film,
© 1999 Lions Gate Films

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: B–

Academy Award Nominations and Winners:
★Best Original Score: John Corigliano

Golden Globe Nominations:
Best Foreign Language Film

Other Awards:
Genie Awards (Canadian Oscars): Best Picture; Best Director; Best Screenplay; Best Cinematograpy (Alain Dostie); Best Art Direction/Production Design (François Séguin); Best Costume Design (Renée April); Best Music Score (Corigliano); Best Sound (Claude La Haye, et al.)
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