The Red Violin

(1998)

★ 7.3 IMDb · 461 votes

Genres: Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Music, Romance

Year: 1998

Runtime: 141 мин

Country: Austria, Canada

Director: François Girard

Cast: Сэмюэл Л. Джексон, Carlo Cecchi, Irene Grazioli, Anita Laurenzi, Tommaso Puntelli, Aldo Brugnini, Samuele Amighetti, Jean-Luc Bideau, Christoph Koncz, Клотильд Молле

Plot

300 years of a remarkable musical instrument. Crafted by the Italian master Bussotti (Cecchi) in 1681, the red violin has traveled through Austria, England, China, and Canada, leaving both beauty and tragedy in its wake. In Montreal, Samuel L Jackson plays an appraiser going over its complex history.

In present day Montreal, a famous Nicolo Bussotti violin, known as "the red violin," is being auctioned off. During the auction, we flash back to the creation of the violin in 17th century Italy, and follow the violin as it makes its way through an 18th century Austrian monastery, a violinist in 19th century Oxford, China during the Cultural Revolution, and back to Montreal, where a collector tries to establish the identity and the secrets of "the red violin."