All the Mornings of the World

(1991)

★ 7.1 IMDb · 197 votes

Genres: Drama, History, Music, Romance

Year: 1991

Runtime: 115 мин

Country: France

Director: Alain Corneau

Cast: Jean-Pierre Marielle, Жерар Депардье, Anne Brochet, Guillaume Depardieu, Carole Richert, Мишель Буке, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Yves Gasc, Yves Lambrecht, Jean-Marie Poirier

Plot

Following the death of his wife, a renowned musician ostracises himself from the outer world and dedicates his life to music. However, his life changes when a young man approaches him to learn music.

It's late 17th century. The viola da gamba player Monsieur de Sainte Colombe comes home to find that his wife died while he was away. In his grief he builds a small house in his garden into which he moves to dedicate his life to music and his two young daughters Madeleine and Toinette, avoiding the outside world. Rumor about him and his music is widespread, and even reaches to the court of Louis XIV, who wants him at his court in Lully's orchestra, but Monsieur de Sainte Colombe refuses. One day a young man, Marin Marais, comes to see him with a request, he wants to be taught how to play the viola.