The Concert

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The Concert

PG-13,

2010,

2h 0m,

Music/

Comedy/

Drama

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66 Reviews

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10,000+ Ratings

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Many years ago, Andrei Simoniovich Filipov (Alekseï Guskov) was fired as conductor of the Bolshoi Orchestra for hiring Jewish musicians. Now a janitor, he learns that members of the orchestra have been invited to perform in Paris. Andrei gathers his former players and plans to substitute them for the current ones, and he hopes that a beautiful virtuoso (Dmitriy Nazarov) will accompany them.

Joe Williams

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Apr 22, 2011

3.5/4

"The Concert" builds beautifully from a farcical premise that requires a suspension of disbelief to a musical climax that washes away our cynicism in a wave of honest tears.

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Bill Goodykoontz

Arizona Republic

Mar 24, 2011

4/5

"The Concert" is manipulative, overly sentimental, sometimes ludicrous and almost completely irresistible.

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Greg Quill

Toronto Star

Oct 8, 2010

2/4

Benefits from clever editing and a credible cinematic representation of the ineffable power of music to ignite the human spirit. Sadly, the magic is way too long in the making.

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Kaleem Aftab

The List

Nov 5, 2018

2/5

The action is hindered by clunky expositional dialogue that borders on the slapstick.

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Jamie Neish

HeyUGuys

Aug 13, 2018

A shallow, formulaic and bland piece of cinema, with a wasted performance from Laurent and beautiful music that feels oddly out of place.

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Nora Lee Mandel

Maven's Nest

Jan 1, 2016

8/10

Delightful, heartwarming . . .blends serious topic with magic realism. . .All are wonderful to watch, even in surmounting some good-natured stereotypes.

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Poe M

Jan 14, 2019

On e of my favorite films about the music world in Europe.

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Radu Mihaileanu

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Aleksey Guskov

Andreï Filipov

Dmitriy Nazarov

Sacha Grossman

Mélanie Laurent

Anne-Marie Jacquet

François Berléand

Olivier Morne Duplessis

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Guylène de La Rivière

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Synopsis

Many years ago, Andrei Simoniovich Filipov (Alekseï Guskov) was fired as conductor of the Bolshoi Orchestra for hiring Jewish musicians. Now a janitor, he learns that members of the orchestra have been invited to perform in Paris. Andrei gathers his former players and plans to substitute them for the current ones, and he hopes that a beautiful virtuoso (Dmitriy Nazarov) will accompany them.

Director: Radu Mihaileanu
Producer: Alain Attal
Screenwriter: Radu Mihaileanu, Alain-Michel Blanc, Matthew Robbins
Distributor: Weinstein Co.
Production Co: Les Productions du Trésor, BIM Distribuzione, Oï Oï Oï Productions, France 3 Cinéma, Castel Films, EuropaCorp, RTBF, Panache Productions
Rating: PG-13 (Some Sexual Content|Brief Strong Language)
Genre: Music, Comedy, Drama
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 30, 2010, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 25, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $657.2K
Runtime: 2h 0m

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