The Concert
Seen it?2009 | 119 min | Drama, Comedy
Weeknight WatchWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who wants a laugh. If you loved Dreamgirls or The Pursuit of Happyness, start here.
- The mood
- Funny with heart.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 59 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in French, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsSolid
60 on Metacritic
- AudiencesSolid
7.2 out of 10
- AwardsSolid
Nominated for 1 Golden Globe.
- Reach & staying powerSolid
Streaming release that reached a modest audience; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 13K people sought it out in the past year, and interest is climbing
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Cast & crew
Directed by Radu Mihăileanu
- Aleksey GuskovAndrey Simonovich Filipov
- Mélanie LaurentAnne-Marie Jacquet
- Dmitri NazarovAleksandr 'Sasha' Abramovich Grosman
- François BerléandOlivier Morne Duplessis
- Miou-MiouGuylène de La Rivière
- Lionel AbelanskiJean-Paul Carrère
- Valeriy BarinovIvan Gavrilov
- Sara MartinsSecretaire Duplessis
- Laurent BateauBertrand
- Vlad IvanovPyotr Tretyakin