The Red Violin (1998)
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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.
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Directed by: François Girard, Alain Dostie
Written by: François Girard, Don McKellar
Produced by: Matthias Gohl, Niv Fichman, Giannandrea Pecorelli
Composed by: John Corigliano
Cast

Carlo Cecchi
Nicolo Bussotti (Cremona)

Irene Grazioli
Anna Bussotti (Cremona)

Anita Laurenzi
Cesca (Cremona)

Jean-Luc Bideau
Georges Poussin (Vienna)

Samuel L. Jackson
Charles Morritz (Montréal)

Greta Scacchi
Victoria Byrd (Oxford)

Clotilde Mollet
Antoinette Pussin (Vienna)

Florentín Groll
Anton von Spielmann (Vienna)

Johannes Silberschneider
Father Richter (Vienna)

Rainer Egger
Brother Christophe (Vienna)
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