The Red Violin
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
François Girard
Judity Kalser
Florentin Groll
Don Mckellar
Marie-josee Gauthier
Carlo Cecchi
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A magical red violin passes around the world from owner to owner. It originates in Italy, where its maker's wife dies in childbirth; next it surfaces in the eighteenth century as the instrument of a child prodigy. In the nineteenth century, we find ourselves in England, where the violin's owner, a composer, is having a passionate affair. Finally, it is taken to 20th century China, where it must be hidden to prevent its destruction by Maoists.
Director
François Girard
Cast
Judity Kalser
Florentin Groll
Don Mckellar
Marie-josee Gauthier
Carlo Cecchi
Greta Scacchi
Piero Ferraris
Henryk Piotrowski
Cao Kun Qi
Stuart Ong
Rostas Tiborne
Jean-luc Bideau
Ireneusz Bogajewicz
Christoph Koncz
Rostas Jozsefne
Sylvia Chang
Andrzej Matuszewski
Herman Meckler
Tang Ren
Marcello Bassano
Andrea Rieder
Wolfgang Bock
Horvatime R Ibolya
Tan Zeng Wei
Carmen Piculeata
Qiao Zhi
Zhou Zhi Qing
Gianluca Zanolli
Johannes Pramschler
Rostas Ferenene
Markus Pedoth
David Alberman
Geza Ratz
Wang Xiaoshuai
Rupert Oberhuber
Gertrud Heiss
David La Haye
Lorenz Mase
Helene Kerschbaumer
Marion San Nicolo
Monique Mercure
Daniel Zgaga
Michael Paal
Benjamin Steinmair
Tommaso Puntelli
Edward Glowacki
Eva Marie Bryer
Michael Riccobona
Johannes Silberschneider
Johan Gotsch
Samuel L. Jackson
Hannes Knollse Sen
Jason Flemyng
Rostas Miklos
Jeno Farkas
Ginaluca Serafini
Josef Mairginter
Dorothee Berryman
Aldo Brugnini
Rémy Girard
Antal Szalai
Adriano Helt
Sandra Oh
Istvan Feher
Dany Laferriere
Kalman Mohacsi
Andrea Turso
Emilio Vettori
Russell Yuen
Barbara Ortner
David Gant
Josh Bell
Gregory Hlady
Henryk Siwak
Steve Morris
Matteo Zanolli
Anita Laurenzi Sagnotti
Trojan Kwiek
Rezmoves M Klosne
Geza Hosszu-legocky
Julian Richings
Matthia Schiechtl
Dimitri Andreas
Paula Devasconcelos
Kalman Bakos
Manuel Chizzal
Michaela Pattis
Paul Koekler
Matteo Cuccato
Marvin Mill
Osvaldo Gabrieli
Arthur Denberg
Stefano Festini
Liu Zi Feng
Zhang Kai
Samuele Amighetti
Han Xio Fei
Alessandro Gabrieli
Rostas Szabina
Elisabeth Erlacher
Bettina Ties
Anna Masoner
Rostas Jozsef
Colm Feore
Clotilde Mollet
Rainer Egger
Andrea Radivo
Laszlo Feher
Irene Grazioli
Jeno Ravasz
Crew
Wolfgang Ainberger
Peter Alves
Sara Angarad
Fabienne April
Renee April
Jasmin Asaria
Patrik Attenhofer
Henir Aubertin
Jean-francois Aubin
Giancarlo Aymerich
Will Ayres
Zhong Wei Bao
Peter Beare
Ginette Belanger
Joshua Bell
Dedi Bellotti
Patrice Bengle
Stefano Biscaro
Kevin Bishop
Franz Blaha
Marija Blumel
Mick Boleyn
Lesley Bond
Lucie Bouliane
Deirdre Bowen
Paul Bradburn
Cecile Braemer
Giacinto Bretti
Robin Brooks
Vivian Bryant
Tommaso Calevi
Desmond Campbell
Sabrina Cappolecchia
Leonardo Caracciolo
Marie-france Cardinal
Andre Caron
Michel J Caron
Andy Carter
Marianne Carter
Marietta Carter-narcisse
Jean-marc Casanova
Denis Caspar
Graham Caulfield
Nadia Cavalli
Giulio Cestari
Christine Chen
David Chettleborough
Kwok Wah Cheung
Daniel Chretien
Eva Chrzanowski
Michela Cingolani
Francesco Coccia
Ronnie Cogan
Carmela Compagnone
Fiona Cootes
John Corigliano
Luigi Cosatti
Marie-helene Cote
Rebecca Cotterill
Philippe Courtois
Marie-helene Coutu
Sarah Crawford
Simon Crawford-collins
Alana Cymerman
Julie Cyrenne
Peter Czucka
Buck Deachman
Quentin Debayser
Jean-maurice Deernsted
Dougal Dekeller
Nadine Demuele
Marc Desourdy
Massimiliano Dessena
Bobby Dhillon
Francesco Di Giacomo
Gerhard Dohr
Peter Dorflinger
Alain Dostie
Alain Dostie
Sebastien Ducas
Kathy Ducker
Sylvaine Dufaux
Mick Duffield
Manfred Ebner
Christian Eder
Mark English
Sandra Exelby
Sergio Faina
Isabelle Faivre-duboz
Judy Farr
Massimiliano Ferri
Niv Fichman
Michael Fleischner
Riccardo Folgore
Julian Forer
Normand Fortin
Stephane Frechette
Waltraud Freitag
Dominick French
Emita Frigato
Rita Frozano
Katrin Fuchs
Thomas Fuchs
Luc Gagnier
Martine Gagnon
Maria Galante
Maria Galante
Helene Gallizzi
Sebastian Gardiner
Sophie Gardiner
Francois Gascon
Caroline Gaukroger
Olivier Gerard
Olvier Gerard
François Girard
Jamie Glassman
Massimiliano Gloria
Rejean Goderre
Matthias Gohl
Rose Goodhart
Alan Grayley
Christine Grenier
Gernot Griedl
Jacques Yves Gucia
Duncan Hague
Harald Haimbock
Sun Wen Hao
Pat Hay
Hilary Haynes
Peter Hedges
Clare Holland
Manfred Holzer
Jill Hornby
Phil Hounam
Gaetan Huot
Trent Hurry
Franco Iannone
Daniel Iron
Irene Iversen
Jan Jamison
David-harkness Jerrett
Kimber Lee Jerrett
Li Jia
Cen Jiaji
Li Jiajun
Chen Jian
Dan Jiang
Li Jin
He Jing
Martyn John
Laura Johnsson
Jennifer Jonas
Corinne Joudiou
Lu Yao Jun
Pixner Karl
Brian Kemp
Paul Kemp
Iona Kenrick
Andrea Kenyon
Tina Kern
Rene Kohl
Michael-friedrich Kraxner
Peter Kreiller
Michael Kreuzer
Sandro Kumric
Claude La Haye
Marie Lahaye
Yuan Laifa
Nina Lang
Pierre-guy Lapointe
Stéphane Laroche
Nikla Leder
Daniel Leduc
Stephane Lefebvre
Carl Levy
Meinir Jones Lewis
Helen Li
Claudette Lilly
Alex Lloyd
Sarah Lloyd
Stephen Lloyd
Rebecca Loncraine
Jean-sebastien Lord
Wang Zun Lu
Monica Ludescher
Luciano Magagnini
Marion Mailhot
Bob Marshak
Fritz Martan
Don Mckellar
David Mckeown
Samantha Mealing
Sylvie-anne Meek
Andreane Melancon
Ferdinando Merolla
Zhuang Yang Min
Xie Mingxiao
Bernard Minoret
Bernard Minoret
Liz Mitchie
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Wins
Best Original Score
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
The Country of Canada
Nominated for the 1999 Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film.
Winner of eight 1999 Jutra Awards including best film, best direction, best screenplay, best editing, best sound, best production design, best cinematography, and best score.
Winner of eight 1998 Genie awards including best film, best screenplay, best direction, best cinematography, best production design/art direction, best original score, best costume design and best overall sound. Nominated for a further two awards.
Released in United States Summer November 6, 1998
Expanded Release in United States June 25, 1999
Released in United States on Video December 14, 1999
Released in United States 1998
Released in United States October 1998
Released in United States November 1998
Released in United States 1999
Released in United States January 1999
Released in United States March 1999
Released in United States April 1999
Released in United States June 1999
Shown at Tokyo International Film Festival (in competition) October 31 - November 8, 1998.
Shown at Venice Film Festival (Nights and Stars) August 26 - September 8, 1998.
Shown at Montreal International Festival of New Cinema and New Media (closing night) October 15-24, 1998.
Shown at London Film Festival November 5-19, 1998.
Shown at Filmfest DC in Washington, DC April 21 - May 2, 1999.
Shown at Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema (opening night) April 29 - May 9, 1999.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Gala) May 13 - June 6, 1999.
Shown at Nortel Palm Springs International Film Festival January 7-18, 1999.
Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival March 4-14, 1999.
Shown at Palm Beach International Film Festival (Opening Night) April 9-18, 1999.
Shown at Newport International Film Festival June 1-6, 1999.
Completed shooting July 6, 1997.
Began shooting February 15, 1997.
Released in United States Summer November 6, 1998
Expanded Release in United States June 25, 1999
Released in United States on Video December 14, 1999
Released in United States 1998 (Shown at Tokyo International Film Festival (in competition) October 31 - November 8, 1998.)
Released in United States 1998 (Shown at Venice Film Festival (Nights and Stars) August 26 - September 8, 1998.)
Released in United States October 1998 (Shown at Montreal International Festival of New Cinema and New Media (closing night) October 15-24, 1998.)
Released in United States November 1998 (Shown at London Film Festival November 5-19, 1998.)
Released in United States 1999 (Shown at Filmfest DC in Washington, DC April 21 - May 2, 1999.)
Released in United States 1999 (Shown at Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema (opening night) April 29 - May 9, 1999.)
Released in United States 1999 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Gala) May 13 - June 6, 1999.)
Released in United States January 1999 (Shown at Nortel Palm Springs International Film Festival January 7-18, 1999.)
Released in United States March 1999 (Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival March 4-14, 1999.)
Released in United States April 1999 (Shown at Palm Beach International Film Festival (Opening Night) April 9-18, 1999.)
Released in United States June 1999 (Shown at Newport International Film Festival June 1-6, 1999.)
