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The Concert
“The grand deception that became the performance of a lifetime.”
7.2 / 10• 2009• 1h 59m•G• French
DramaComedy
Storyline
A former world-famous conductor of the Bolshoï orchestra, known as "The Maëstro", Andreï Filipov had seen his career publicly broken by Leonid Brezhnev for hiring Jewish musicians and now works cleaning the concert hall where he once directed. One day, he intercepts an official invitation from the prestigious Théâtre du Châtelet. Through a series of mad antics, he reunites his old orchestra, now composed of old alcoholic musicians, and flies to perform in Paris and complete the Tchaikovsky concerto interrupted 30 years earlier. For the concerto, he engages a young violin soloist with whom he has an unexpected connection.
Cast & Crew
Aleksey Guskov
Andrey Simonovich Filipov
Lead
Mélanie Laurent
Anne-Marie Jacquet
Dmitri Nazarov
Aleksandr 'Sasha' Abramovich Grosman
François Berléand
Olivier Morne Duplessis
Miou-Miou
Guylène de La Rivière
Lionel Abelanski
Jean-Paul Carrère
Valeriy Barinov
Ivan Gavrilov
Sara Martins
Secretaire Duplessis
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Radu Mihăileanu's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Concert is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
