Le violon rouge (1998)
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1681. Vioolbouwer Nicolo Bussotti legt de laatste hand aan zijn meesterwerk: een viool voor zijn ongeboren zoon. Wanneer Bussotti's vrouw samen met het kind in het kraambed sterft, is de vioolbouwer ontroostbaar. Hij lakt het instrument met het bloed van zijn vrouw zodat ze er voor eeuwig in zal voortleven. De volgende honderd jaar bevindt de viool zich in een klooster in de Zwitserse Alpen. Daar wordt het instrument aan het jonge weeskind Kaspar Weiss gegeven. De strenge vioolleraar Georges Pussin neemt het wonderkind onder zijn hoede en is van plan hem aan het Weense hof te laten spelen. Maar vlak voor zijn debuut sterft Kaspar en hij wordt begraven met de rode viool in zijn armen. Een eeuw later, Kaspars graf werd geschonden, komt de viool in handen van de decadente meesterviolist Frederick Pope die betoverd raakt door het instrument.
Regiseur:
François Girard
Schrijvers:
François Girard, Don McKellar.
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Samuel L. Jackson as Charles Morritz (Montréal) |
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Carlo Cecchi as Nicolo Bussotti (Cremona) |
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Irene Grazioli as Anna Bussotti (Cremona) |
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Anita Laurenzi as Cesca (Cremona) |
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Tommaso Puntelli as Apprentice (Cremona) |
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Aldo Brugnini as Assistant (Cremona) |
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Samuele Amighetti as Boy (Cremona) |
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Jean-Luc Bideau as Georges Poussin (Vienna) |
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Christoph Koncz as Kaspar Weiss (Vienna) |
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Clotilde Mollet as Antoinette Pussin (Vienna) |
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Florentin Groll as Anton von Spielmann (Vienna) |
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Johannes Silberschneider as Father Richter (Vienna) |
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Rainer Egger as Brother Christophe (Vienna) |
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Paul Koeker as Brother Gustav (Vienna) |
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Wolfgang Böck as Brother Michael (Vienna) |
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Josef Mairginter as Brother Franz (Vienna) |
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Johan Gotsch as Funeral Monk (Vienna) |
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Geza Hosszu-Legocky as Gypsy Violonist (Vienna) |
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David Alberman as Gypsy Violonist (Vienna) |
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Arthur Denberg as Prince Mansfeld (Vienna) |
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Andrzej Matuszewiski as Gypsy Violonist (Vienna) |
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Greta Scacchi as Victoria Byrd (Oxford) |
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Jason Flemyng as Frederick Pope (Oxford) |
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Eva Marie Bryer as Sara (Oxford) |
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Dimitri Andreas as Gypsy Father (Oxford) |
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David Gant as Conductor (Oxford) |
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翁世傑 as Manservant (Oxford) |
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張艾嘉 as Xiang Pei (Shanghai) |
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刘子枫 as Chou Yuan (Shanghai) |
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陶虹 as Comrade Chan Gong (Shanghai) |
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王小帅 as Junior Policeman (Shanghai) |
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Xio Fei Han as Young Ming (Shanghai) |
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Tan Zeng-Wei as Guard (Shanghai) |
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Zhi Qing Zhou as Senior Policeman (Shanghai) |
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Zhi Qiao as Elderly Woman (Shanghai) |
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Kun Qi Cao as Deputy (Shanghai) |
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Rei Yang as Young Xian Pei (Shanghai) |
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Lidou as Pawnbroker (Shanghai) |
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Colm Feore as Auctioneer (Montréal) |
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Monique Mercure as Mme. Leroux (Montréal) |
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Don McKellar as Evan Williams (Montréal) |
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Ireneusz Bogajewicz as Mr. Ruselsky (Montréal) |
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Julian Richings as Nicolas Olsberg (Montréal) |
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Russell Yuen as Older Ming (Montréal) |
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Sandra Oh as Madame Ming (Montréal) |
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Paula de Vasconcelos as Suzanne (Montréal) |
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Rémy Girard as Customs Agent (Montréal) |
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Marie-Josée Gauthier as Hotel Concierge (Montréal) |
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Dany Laferrière as Cabby (Montréal) |
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Dorothée Berryman as Secretary (Montréal) |
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David La Haye as Handler (Montréal) |
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Gregory Hlady as Coat Attendant (Montréal) |
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Herman Meckler as Registrar (Montréal) |
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Sheena Macdonald as Ruselsky's Companion (Montréal) |
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Jody Shapiro as Autograph Seeker (Montréal) |
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James Bradford as Stagehand (Montréal) |
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Joshua Bell as Violinist (Oxford) (uncredited) |
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Sylvia Stewart as Security Guard (uncredited) |
| Directing | François Girard | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Renée April | Costume Design |
| Sound | John Corigliano | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Ernest Vincze | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Matthias Gohl | Music Producer |
| Camera | Alain Dostie | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Gaétan Huot | Editor |
| Production | Niv Fichman | Producer |
| Production | Daniel Iron | Co-Producer |
| Production | Giannandrea Pecorelli | Co-Producer |
| Art | François Séguin | Production Design |
| Art | Martyn John | Art Direction |
| Art | Judy Farr | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mariane Carter | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Martine Gagnon | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rose Goodhart | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Claudette Lilly | Costume Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Thomas Oláh | Costume Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ros Ward | Wardrobe Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kathy Ducker | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Pat Hay | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Meinir Jones-Lewis | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Serge Morache | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cécile Rigault | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Petra Schaumann | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Suzanne Stokes-Munton | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Barbara Sutton | Assistant Hairdresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Micheline Trépanier | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nathalie Trépanier | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Adolf Uhrmacher | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Antoine Morin | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Carole Gagnon | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Guy Pelletier | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Guy Pelletier | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Hans Peter Strobl | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Jacques Plante | ADR Supervisor |
| Sound | Jérôme Décarie | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Jo Caron | Sound Recordist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Renée April | Costume Designer |
| Writing | François Girard | Screenplay |
| Writing | Don McKellar | Screenplay |
| Sound | Claude La Haye | Sound |
| Sound | Marcel Pothier | Sound |