---
title: 'The Red Violin (1998)'
type: 'film'
director: 'François Girard'
released: '1998-09-03'
runtime_minutes: 125
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Music'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Romance'
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'Italy'
  - 'Canada'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-red-violin-1998'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120802/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Red Violin (1998)

1998 · 125 min · Drama, Music, Crime, Romance, Mystery · United Kingdom, Italy, Canada

Original title: Le Violon rouge

## Synopsis

The Red Violin is a 1998 anthology drama film directed by François Girard and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Carlo Cecchi and Sylvia Chang. It spans four centuries and five countries telling the story of a mysterious red-coloured violin and its many owners. The instrument, made in Cremona in 1681 with a future forecast by tarot cards, makes its way to Montreal in 1997, where an appraiser identifies it and it goes to auction. The film was an international co-production among companies in Canada, Italy, and the United Kingdom.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Don McKellar](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-mckellar), [François Girard](https://cinepixo.com/people/francois-girard)
- **Director:** [François Girard](https://cinepixo.com/people/francois-girard)
- **Original Music Composer:** [John Corigliano](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-corigliano)
- **Producer:** [Niv Fichman](https://cinepixo.com/people/niv-fichman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Alain Dostie](https://cinepixo.com/people/alain-dostie)
- **Editor:** [Gaëtan Huot](https://cinepixo.com/people/gaetan-huot)

## Cast

- [Monique Mercure](https://cinepixo.com/people/monique-mercure) as Madame Leroux
- [Russell Yuen](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-yuen) as Older Ming
- [Florentin Groll](https://cinepixo.com/people/florentin-groll)
- [David La Haye](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-la-haye)
- [Rémy Girard](https://cinepixo.com/people/remy-girard) as Customs Agent
- [Jean-Luc Bideau](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-luc-bideau) as Georges Poussin
- [Jason Flemyng](https://cinepixo.com/people/jason-flemyng) as Frederick Pope
- [Colm Feore](https://cinepixo.com/people/colm-feore) as Auctioneer
- [David Gant](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-gant)
- [Clotilde Mollet](https://cinepixo.com/people/clotilde-mollet) as Antoinette Poussin
- [Wolfgang Böck](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-bock)
- [Joshua Bell](https://cinepixo.com/people/joshua-bell) as First violin
- [Sandra Oh](https://cinepixo.com/people/sandra-oh) as Madame Ming
- [Gregory Hlady](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregory-hlady)
- [Julian Richings](https://cinepixo.com/people/julian-richings) as Nicolas Olsberg

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-red-violin-1998
Film facts: Wikidata (Q376144); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.