The Concert

20091h 59min

A former world-famous conductor of the Bolshoï orchestra, known as "The Maëstro", Andreï Filipov had seen his career publicly broken by Leonid Brezhnev for hiring Jewish musicians and now works cleaning the concert hall where he once directed. One day, he intercepts an official invitation from the prestigious Théâtre du Châtelet. Through a series of mad antics, he reunites his old orchestra, now composed of old alcoholic musicians, and flies to perform in Paris and complete the Tchaikovsky concerto interrupted 30 years earlier. For the concerto, he engages a young violin soloist with whom he has an unexpected connection.

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A former world-famous conductor of the Bolshoï orchestra, known as "The Maëstro", Andreï Filipov had seen his career publicly broken by Leonid Brezhnev for hiring Jewish musicians and now works cleaning the concert hall where he once directed. One day, he intercepts an official invitation from the prestigious Théâtre du Châtelet. Through a series of mad antics, he reunites his old orchestra, now composed of old alcoholic musicians, and flies to perform in Paris and complete the Tchaikovsky concerto interrupted 30 years earlier. For the concerto, he engages a young violin soloist with whom he has an unexpected connection.

Released
November 4, 2009
Runtime
1h 59min
Director
Radu Mihăileanu
Genre
DramaComedy
Language
French
Production
Wild Bunch, Oï Oï Oï Productions, Les Productions du Trésor, France 3 Cinéma, EuropaCorp, Castel Film, Panache Productions, BIM Distribuzione, CinéCinéma, France 3, Eurimages, La Région Île-de-France, Belgacom TV, Tax Shelter ING Invest de Tax Shelter Productions, Fonds d'Action de la Sacem, Le, Canal+, RTBF
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