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The Red Violin (1998)
Directed by François Girard
Overview
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.
Rated R | Length 130 minutes
Actors
Carlo Cecchi | Irene Grazioli | Anita Laurenzi | Tommaso Puntelli | Samuele Amighetti | Jean-Luc Bideau | Samuel L. Jackson | Greta Scacchi | 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 | Eva Marie Bryer | Dimitri Andreas | David Gant | Stuart Ong | Sylvia Chang | Zifeng Liu | Hong Tao | Xio Fei Han | Zheng Wei Tan | Zhi Qing Zhou | Zhi Qiao | Kun Qi Cao | Rei Yang | Lidou | 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