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The Violin
The Violin (2005)
, 1h38
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Films about music and musicians, Violon
Actors Gerardo Taracena, Carlos Gallardo

Don Plutarco est un fermier et musicien militant qui se bat contre le gouvernement en place dans son pays entre les années 1970 et 2000. Un jour, une attaque de soldats le force lui et son fils à s'exiler dans les collines environnantes. Malheureusement pour eux, les munitions qui servent à la guérilla sont restées dans le village encerclé par les militaires. Contre toute attente et avec un courage inouï, Don Plutarco va ruser auprès des soldats afin de récupérer les munitions, et pour cela va utiliser son violon...
The Red Violin, 2h20
Directed by François Girard
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about children, Films about music and musicians, Politique, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films, Political films, Enfant musicien, Violon
Actors Samuel L. Jackson, Colm Feore, Monique Mercure, Irene Grazioli, Don McKellar, Sylvia Chang

The film frames the history of the "Red Violin" around a Canadian auction in 1997, where the violin is at the centre of multiple bids by interested parties, and a tarot card reading in 1681, where a violinmaker's wife has her future read for herself and her unborn child (and, by extension, that of the violin).
A Heart in Winter, 1h45
Directed by Claude Sautet
Origin France
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films, Buddy films, Violon
Actors Emmanuelle Béart, Daniel Auteuil, André Dussollier, Maurice Garrel, Élizabeth Bourgine, Brigitte Catillon

Made in 1992, Un Coeur En Hiver was French writer/director Claude Sautet's first feature film in four years. Daniel Auteuil plays lonely violin restorer Stephane, who is commissioned to produce an instrument for concert violinist Camille, who is the girlfriend of his married partner Maxime. Camille falls in love with Stephane, and leaves Maxime for him, only to find that he does not seem to return her feelings. The two men fight over her, but Camille eventually regains her composure.
Together
Together (2002)
, 1h56
Directed by Chen Kaige
Genres Drama
Themes Films about children, Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films, Enfant musicien, Violon
Actors Liu Peiqi, Chen Kaige, Wang Zhiwen, Kim Hye-ri, Yuan Quan, Fu Biao

Liu Cheng (Liu Peiqi) is a widowed cook making his living in a small southern town in China. His thirteen-year-old son, Liu Xiaochun (Tang Yun), is a violin prodigy. In the hope that Xiaochun might find success as a violinist, Liu Cheng and Xiaochun travel to Beijing to participate in a competition organized by the Children's Palace, an arts institution for school children. Even though Xiaochun emerges fifth, he is denied admission into the conservatory as he does not have Beijing residency. Determined to realize his hopes for Xiaochun, Liu Cheng persuades Professor Jiang (Wang Zhiwen), a stubborn and eccentric teacher from the Children's Palace, to take Xiaochun as a private student.
The Violin Player, 1h34
Directed by Charles Van Damme
Origin France
Themes Films about music and musicians, Violon
Actors Richard Berry, François Berléand, Bernard Ballet, Inês de Medeiros, John Dobrynine, Hanns Zischler

Un violoniste virtuose va jouer du Bach dans le métro, pour faire un break dans sa carrière et défier le silence et l'indifférence.
Chicken with Plums, 1h31
Directed by Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about suicide, Violon
Actors Mathieu Amalric, Édouard Baer, Maria de Medeiros, Golshifteh Farahani, Éric Caravaca, Jamel Debbouze

As a young man, violinist Nasser Ali Khan (Mathieu Amalric) falls in love with Irâne (Golshifteh Farahani), the beautiful daughter of a wealthy shopkeeper. Her father forbids them to marry, convinced that an artist could never financially support his daughter. The dismayed musician could only carry on because his mentor gave him a special violin and advised him to sublimate his affliction. Consequently, he became a renowned artist and eventually married another woman. Nonetheless in his mind he is still with Irâne. When his lack of affection for his family leads to serious dispute between him and his wife she destroys his beloved violin. It strikes him he is no longer up to make music as he did before and therefore he is longing for death. After rejecting more conventional methods of suicide, he decides to simply lie in bed until death will have him. As he awaits the arrival of death, he is awash in visions of the past and the film lets the spectator accompany him on this bizarre and strangely beautiful journey.
Music of the Heart, 1h58
Directed by Wes Craven
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about education, Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films, Violon
Actors Meryl Streep, Angela Bassett, Aidan Quinn, Gloria Estefan, Cloris Leachman, Michael Angarano

The film opens with violinist Roberta Guaspari having been deserted by her US Navy husband and feeling devastated, almost suicidal. Encouraged by her mother, she attempts to rebuild her life and a friend from student days recommends her to the head teacher of a school in the tough New York area of East Harlem. Despite a degree in music education, she has little experience in actual music teaching, but she's taken on as a substitute violin teacher. With a combination of toughness and determination, she inspires a group of kids, and their initially skeptical parents. The program slowly develops and attracts publicity.
Rothschild's Violin
Themes Films about music and musicians, Violon
Actors Sergei Makovetsky, Mari Törőcsik, Sándor Zsótér

Un jeune etudiant du conservatoire, Benjamin Fleischmann, choisit un recit de Tchekhov pour en tirer un opera en un acte qu'il compose sous la houlette de son professeur, Dimitri Chostakovitch qui, critique par les commissaires culturels, cherche refuge dans l'enseignement. Le jeune homme est tue pendant la guerre. Chostakovitch decide alors d'orchestrer l'opera inacheve de son eleve, afin d'honorer sa memoire.
The Soloist, 1h55
Directed by Joe Wright
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Psychologie, Musical films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism, Violon
Actors Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey Jr., Catherine Keener, Tom Hollander, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Nelsan Ellis

In 2005, Steve Lopez (Robert Downey, Jr.) is a journalist working for the L.A. Times. He is divorced and now works for his ex-wife, Mary (Catherine Keener), an editor. A biking accident lands Lopez in a hospital.
The Audition, 1h29
Directed by Ina Weisse
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Violon
Actors Nina Hoss, Simon Abkarian, Sophie Rois, Jens Albinus, Thomas Thieme

Anna Bronsky est professeure de violon au Conservatoire. Contre l’avis de ses collègues, elle impose l’admission d’un élève , en qui elle voit un grand talent. Avec beaucoup d’implication, elle prépare Alexander à l’examen de fin d’année et néglige de ce fait son jeune fils Jonas, lui aussi élève violoniste et passionné de hockey sur glace. Elle s’éloigne de plus en plus de son mari, si aimant à son égard, le luthier français Philippe Bronsky . A l’approche de l’audition, Anna pousse Alexander vers des performances de plus en plus exceptionnelles. Le jour décisif, un accident se produit, lourd de conséquences…
Orchestra Class
Directed by Rachid Hami
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about music and musicians, Violon
Actors Kad Merad, Samir Guesmi, Mathieu Spinosi, Tatiana Rojo, Slimane Dazi, Jean-Luc Vincent

A bientôt cinquante ans, Simon est un violoniste émérite et désabusé. Faute de mieux, il échoue dans un collège parisien pour enseigner le violon aux élèves de la classe de 6ème de Farid. Ses méthodes d’enseignement rigides rendent ses débuts laborieux et ne facilitent pas ses rapports avec des élèves difficiles. Arnold est fasciné par le violon, sa gestuelle et ses sons. Une révélation pour cet enfant à la timidité maladive. Peu à peu, au contact du talent brut d'Arnold et de l'énergie joyeuse du reste de la classe, Simon revit et renoue avec les joies de la musique. Aura-t-il assez d’énergie pour surmonter les obstacles et tenir sa promesse d’emmener les enfants jouer à la Philharmonie ?
Die Zaubergeige, 1h40
Directed by Herbert Maisch
Origin German
Genres Drama
Themes Films about music and musicians, Violon
Actors Gisela Uhlen, Will Quadflieg, Eugen Gottlob Klöpfer, Hans Hermann Schaufuss, Aribert Wäscher, Hans Leibelt

Friedberg, vers 1850. Andreas Halm arrive encore avec son mauvais violon, avec lequel il accompagne son élève et sa petite amie secrète Agnès qui joue du piano. Il lui sera difficile de convaincre de son habileté en trois jours le virtuose George Hellmesberger, venu donner un concert à Homburg. Andreas veut un vrai violon, comme celui que l'on trouve dans le musée d'histoire de la musique de Homburg. Il montre à Agnes les violons du musée, quand on installe la nouvelle possession du musée : un véritable Stradivarius. Andreas est fasciné par l'instrument, tout comme Agnes. Il ne descend pas de son rêve alors qu'il est le second violon du Friedberg'schen Quartett et joue dans une auberge. Il lui vient une idée.