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The Red Violin

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Le Violon rouge
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Produced by	Niv Fichman
Directed by	François Girard
Written by	Don McKellar & François Girard
Starring	Samuel L. Jackson Jason Flemyng Greta Scacchi
Music by	John Corigliano
Cinematography	Alain Dostie
Editing	Gaëtan Huot
Distributed by	Lions Gate Films (USA)
Release date	June 11, 1999 (USA)
Runtime	131 min.
Language	Italian Austrian French Mandarin English
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*IMDb Page (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120802/)*

The Red Violin (French: Le Violon Rouge, German: Die rote Violine) 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

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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