The Concert

The Concert

119 mins | Drama, Comedy | Nov. 4, 2009

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 Concert

119 mins | Drama, Comedy | Nov. 4, 2009

The Concert
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.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers Canal+, BIM Distribuzione, France 3 Cinéma, RTBF, Oï Oï Oï Productions, Eurimages, Wild Bunch, Castel Film, Les Productions du Trésor, CinéCinéma, EuropaCorp, France 3, Région Ile-de-France, Belgacom TV, Tax Shelter ING Invest de Tax Shelter Productions, Panache Productions, Fonds d'Action de la Sacem, Le
Original title Le Concert
Directors Radu Mihăileanu
Writers Thierry Degrandi, Héctor Cabello Reyes, Alain-Michel Blanc, Radu Mihăileanu, Matthew Robbins

Cast

Aleksey Guskov

as Andrey Simonovich Filipov

Mélanie Laurent

as Anne-Marie Jacquet

Dmitri Nazarov

as Aleksandr 'Sasha' Abramovich Grosman

François Berléand

as Olivier Morne Duplessis

Miou-Miou

as Guylène de La Rivière

Lionel Abelanski

as Jean-Paul Carrère

Valeriy Barinov

as Ivan Gavrilov

Sara Martins

as Secretaire Duplessis

Laurent Bateau

as Bertrand

Vlad Ivanov

as Pyotr Tretyakin

Anna Kamenkova

as Irina Filipova

Roger Dumas

as Momo

Anghel Gheorghe

as Vassili

Aleksandr Komissarov

as Viktor Vikich

Vitalie Bichir

as Moïse

Guillaume Gallienne

as Laudeyrac

Valentin Teodosiu

as Leonid Vinitchenko

Ion Sapdaru

as Kostin Genkine

Maria Dinulescu

as Femme Genkine

Anamaria Ferentz

as Singer marriage Genkine

Mihai Călin

as Yitzhak

Ramzy Bedia

as Boss Le Trou Normand

Anton Yakovlev

as Russian TV Operator

Constantin Drăgănescu

as Homme Palier

Hervé Pauchon

as Barman Châtelet

Philippe Uchan

as Boss French Restaurant

Bing Yin

as Boss Chinese Restaurant

Tatiana Rotari

as wife Sacha

Patrick Zard

as Receptionist Hotel