The Concert

"The grand deception that became the performance of a lifetime."

2009 1h 59m FR

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★7.2TMDB · 538🍅61%Rotten Tomatoes●60Metacritic★7.5IMDB · 18,808

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Synopsis

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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.

“The grand deception that became the performance of a lifetime.”

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Cast

Aleksey Guskov
Andrey Simonovich Filipov
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

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Radu Mihăileanu
Writers: Radu Mihăileanu, Alain-Michel Blanc, Matthew Robbins
Languages: Russian, Italian, French
Countries: France, Belgium, Romania, Italy

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ERA

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Released 17 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Russian, Italian, French.

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WORLD

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International production across 4 countries: France, Belgium, Romania, Italy.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Radu Mihăileanu, shot by Laurent Dailland. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Armand Amar. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Ludo Troch shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Aleksey Guskov and Mélanie Laurent and Dmitri Nazarov carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The grand deception that became the performance of a lifetime.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Radu Mihăileanu directs. Laurent Dailland behind the camera. Armand Amar scores. Ludo Troch cuts. Produced in France, Belgium, Romania, Italy. Dialogue in Russian, Italian, French.

Trivia

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1Released 17 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Russian, Italian, French.
3International production across 4 countries: France, Belgium, Romania, Italy.
4Directed by Radu Mihăileanu, shot by Laurent Dailland. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Armand Amar. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Ludo Troch shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Aleksey Guskov and Mélanie Laurent and Dmitri Nazarov carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "The grand deception that became the performance of a lifetime.".
9IMDB entry: tt1320082 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Released under 15 different titles around the world.