1998 · 130 min · R

The Red Violin

Name: The Red Violin
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Music, Romance
Released: 1998
Duration: 130 min
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Carlo Cecchi, Irene Grazioli, Anita Laurenzi, Tommaso Puntelli

Directed by François Girard · Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Music, Romance

The Red Violin (1998) is a Drama film, directed by François Girard set in Cremona, Vienna, Oxford, and Shanghai during the 1700s–1990s and the early modern era. It runs 130 minutes and is rated R.

Themes of obsession and fate & destiny play out through episodic chapters and frame narrative.

Composer

John Corigliano

Cinematography

Alain Dostie

Cast

Samuel L. JacksonCarlo CecchiIrene GrazioliAnita LaurenziTommaso PuntelliAldo BrugniniSamuele AmighettiJean-Luc Bideau

The world of this film

Setting

Where

CremonaViennaOxfordShanghai Montreal

Setting

Urban

When

Early Modern 1700s 1800s 1960s 1990s

Premise & themes

Themes

Obsession Fate & Destiny

Structure

Episodic Chapters Frame Narrative Non Linear / Fractured Timeline

Tone

Melancholic

Shape

Protagonist

Ensemble

Pacing

Measured

Based on

Pure Fiction

1984
Amadeus
Vienna — 1700s
Urbandir. Miloš Forman
1995
Before Sunrise
Vienna — 1990s
Urbandir. Richard Linklater
1987
Empire of the Sun
Shanghai · Suzhou — 1940s
Urbandir. Steven Spielberg
1948
Letter from an Unknown Woman
Vienna — 1800s · 1900s
Urbandir. Max Ophüls
2007
Persepolis
Tehran · Paris · Vienna — 1970s · 1980s
Urbandir. Vincent Paronnaud
1949
The Third Man
Vienna — 1940s
Urban · Undergrounddir. Carol Reed

The Red Violin

The world of this film

Setting

Premise & themes

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