The Red Violin (1998)

Spans 300 years in the life of one famed musical instrument that winds up in present-day Montreal on the auction block. Crafted by the Italian master Bussotti (Cecchi) in 1681, the red violin derives its unusual color from the human blood mixed into the finish. With this legacy, the violin travels to Austria, England, China, and Canada, leaving both beauty and tragedy in its wake.
François Girard
Carlo Cecchi, Irene Grazioli, Anita Laurenzi, Tommaso Puntelli, Samuele Amighetti, Jean-Luc Bideau, Aldo Brugnini, Christoph Koncz, Clotilde Mollet, Florentín Groll, Johannes Silberschneider, Rainer Egger, Paul Koeker, Wolfgang Böck, Josef Mairginter, Johan Gotsch, Geza Hosszu-Legocky, David Alberman, Arthur Denberg, Andrzej Matuszewiski, Jason Flemyng, Greta Scacchi, Eva Marie Bryer, Dimitri Andreas, David Gant, Sai-Kit Yung, Sylvia Chang, Zifeng Liu, Hong Tao, Xio Fei Han, Tan Zeng-Wei, Zhi Qing Zhou, Zhi Qiao, Kun Qi Cao, Rei Yang, Lidou, Samuel L. Jackson, Colm Feore, Monique Mercure, Don McKellar, Ireneusz Bogajewicz, Julian Richings, Russell Yuen, Sandra Oh, Paula de Vasconcelos, Rémy Girard, Marie-Josée Gauthier, Dany Laferrière, Dorothée Berryman, David La Haye, Gregory Hlady, Herman Meckler, Sheena Macdonald, Jody Shapiro, James Bradford, Joshua Bell, Sylvia Stewart, Wang Xiaoshuai
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