In present day Montreal, a famous Nicolo Bussotti violin, known as "the red violin," is being auctioned off. During the auction, we flash back to the creation of the violin in 17th century Italy, and follow the violin as it makes its way through an 18th century Austrian monastery, a violinist in 19th century Oxford, China during the Cultural Revolution, and back to Montreal, where a collector tries to establish the identity and the secrets of "the red violin.... (Full plot summary below)
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In present day Montreal, a famous Nicolo Bussotti violin, known as "the red violin," is being auctioned off. During the auction, we flash back to the creation of the violin in 17th century Italy, and follow the violin as it makes its way through an 18th century Austrian monastery, a violinist in 19th century Oxford, China during the Cultural Revolution, and back to Montreal, where a collector tries to establish the identity and the secrets of "the red violin.
Leave your thoughts about The Red Violin.
| Film Journal InternationalEd KelleherA good score can only do so much and, too often here, it is undercut by an overly sentimental story. |
| Cinemaphile.orgDavid KeyesLike the immaculate instrument it follows, "The Red Violin" is a piece of filmmaking fully refined by the hands of someone who believed in the material, and the effect it leaves us with is one of transcendence. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonA surprisingly exciting and delicate epic. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzIf you see it, it should be only for the wonderful solo violin of Joshua Bell. |
| TheMovieReport.comMichael DequinaIts individual pieces interlock smoothly as a whole. |
| JWRS. James WeggFrançois Girard ... with co-writer Don McKellar and an able cast, has spun a yarn that crosses all manner of boundaries: geographic, artistic, and taste. |
| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeThe story lines, while having little direct connection to historical events, are obviously grounded in musical and artistic legend. |
| culturevulture.netArthur LazereA sensual pleasure to hear, and to watch the film on screen... an intellectual pleasure to mull the complex themes afterwards. This is filmmaking of the highest order. |
| Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)Judith EgertonIt is disconcerting to see {Jackson}...after watching his exceptional performances as crazy criminals in two Quentin Tarantino movies. |
| Movie GurusJames O'EhleyDerided by some contrarian critics for being "safe", this is an ambitious and at times uneven epic that stretches several continents and centuries . . . |
