
The Concert
2009 · Movie · G · 119 min · ★ 7.2 · 61% critics
A disgraced former conductor, now working as a cleaner, seizes a chance to return to the stage when an invitation arrives for a major Paris concert. He scrambles to reunite his long-scattered musicians for a risky, last-minute performance, while a young violin soloist’s involvement brings old wounds and unexpected ties back to the surface.
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Details
- Original title
- Le Concert
- Years
- 2009
- Release date
- 2009-11-04
- Language
- French
- Rated
- G
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Critic score
- 61/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 (528 votes)
About
If you enjoy feel-good dramas that mix humor with heartfelt emotion and a classical-music payoff, this could click, especially if you liked The Chorus; Not for you if you need strict realism or dislike broad farce and sentimentality.
Pros: uplifting, big-hearted story; strong music focus; funny culture clashes | Cons: far-fetched premise; uneven slapstick tone; leans on stereotypes
Themes
- concert
- gypsy
- orchestra
- musical
- based on true story
- violin player
Awards & recognition
- César Award — Best Sound · 2010
- César Award — Best Music Written for a Film · 2010
- David di Donatello — Best European Film · 2010
- César Award — Best Editing · 2010 · nominated
- César Award — Best Sound · 2010 · nominated
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- César Award — Best Original Screenplay · 2010 · nominated
- César Award — Best Director · 2010 · nominated
- César Award — Best Music Written for a Film · 2010 · nominated
- César Award — Best Film · 2010 · nominated
- David di Donatello — Best European Film · 2010 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Screenwriter · 2010 · nominated
- Golden Globe Award — Best Non-English Language Film · 2010 · nominated
Cast & crew

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
Directed by Radu Mihăileanu