The Concert

Andrei Filipov, famous conductor of the Bolshoi orchestra, is fired for hiring Jewish musicians. Now a cleaning man, he learns the Bolshoi is invited to Paris. Thirty years ago, Andrei Simoniovich Filipov, the renowned conductor of the Bolshoi orchestra, was fired for hiring Jewish musicians. Now a mere cleaning man at the Bolshoi, he learns by accident that the Châtelet Theater in Paris invites the Bolshoi orchestra to play there. He decides to gather together his former musicians and to perform in Paris in the place of the current Bolshoi orchestra. As a solo violin player to accompany his old Jewish or Gypsy musicians he wants Anne-Marie Jacquet, a young virtuoso. If they all overcome the hardships ahead this very special concert will be a triumph.

Keywords

  • Golden Globes
  • Music & Cinema
  • Romanian Cinema

Actors

  • Miou-Miou
  • Lionel Abelanski
  • Mélanie Laurent
  • Aleksei Guskov
  • Vlad Ivanov
  • François Berléand
  • Anna Kamenkova
  • Dimitry Nazarov
  • Valeri Barinov

Director

  • Radu Mihaileanu

Comedy


2h


tous publics

FR

France
Romania
2009
Andrei Filipov, famous conductor of the Bolshoi orchestra, is fired for hiring Jewish musicians. Now a cleaning man, he learns the Bolshoi is invited to Paris.

Andrei Filipov, famous conductor of the Bolshoi orchestra, is fired for hiring Jewish musicians. Now a cleaning man, he learns the Bolshoi is invited to Paris.


Thirty years ago, Andrei Simoniovich Filipov, the renowned conductor of the Bolshoi orchestra, was fired for hiring Jewish musicians. Now a mere cleaning man at the Bolshoi, he learns by accident that the Châtelet Theater in Paris invites the Bolshoi orchestra to play there. He decides to gather together his former musicians and to perform in Paris in the place of the current Bolshoi orchestra. As a solo violin player to accompany his old Jewish or Gypsy musicians he wants Anne-Marie Jacquet, a young virtuoso. If they all overcome the hardships ahead this very special concert will be a triumph.

Cast & Crew