Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 130 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- French
- Country
- Austria, Canada, China, Hong Kong SAR China, Italy, United Kingdom, United States
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- In French — subtitles on.
The story
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.
- violin
- auction
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Samuel L. Jackson
Charles Morritz (Montréal)
Carlo Cecchi
Nicolo Bussotti (Cremona)
Irene Grazioli
Anna Bussotti (Cremona)
Anita Laurenzi
Cesca (Cremona)
- Tommaso Puntelli — Apprentice (Cremona)
- Aldo Brugnini — Assistant (Cremona)
- Samuele Amighetti — Boy (Cremona)
- Jean-Luc Bideau — Georges Poussin (Vienna)
- Christoph Koncz — Kaspar Weiss (Vienna)
- Clotilde Mollet — Antoinette Pussin (Vienna)
- Florentin Groll — Anton von Spielmann (Vienna)
- Johannes Silberschneider — Father Richter (Vienna)
- Rainer Egger — Brother Christophe (Vienna)
- Paul Koeker — Brother Gustav (Vienna)
- Wolfgang Böck — Brother Michael (Vienna)
- Directed
- François Girard
- Written
- François Girard, Don McKellar
Production
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 · 456 ratings
- Studio
- Rhombus Media, New Line Cinema, Mikado Film, Téléfilm Canada, CITY-TV, Film4 Productions
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
