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CONCERT, THE

Director:

  Radu Mihaileanu
  

Year Released:

  2009

Jan's Rating:

Rich's Rating:

4 out of 5

3 out of 5

Key Performances:

  Valeriy Barinov
  Aleksei Guskov
  Mélanie Laurent
  Miou-Miou
  Dmitri Nazarov
Movie Haiku:Back in the Brezhnev days, a Jewish violinist is exiled to Siberia while her conductor is demoted to janitor. Years later he reassembles his orchestra for a final fling in Paris. Comic plot builds to a glorious fantasia about the redemptive power of art (embodied by the luminous Laurent). Jan was enchanted; Rich not so much.

ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM:

Women filmmakers?

  No

Jewish content?

  Yes

Haiku Posted:

  2010