The Red Violin
1998 · 130 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 35,007 VOTES · DIR. François Girard
Overview
300 years of a remarkable musical instrument. Crafted by the Italian master Bussotti (Cecchi) in 1681, the red violin has traveled through Austria, England, China, and Canada, leaving both beauty and tragedy in its wake. In Montreal, Samuel L Jackson plays an appraiser going over its complex history.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,242 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:03:11 Very good.
00:08:01 Don't worry about my husband.
00:12:01 I can also make predictions.
00:23:31 We felt you should see him at once.
00:29:10 How nice to meet you.
00:32:14 Must I beg?
00:35:28 Look at you. There, very good.
00:42:09 Come closer.
00:47:18 Yours is a Lazarus soul.
00:53:11 I feel a composition coming on.
01:00:48 'East-- east across the frozen continent
01:03:35 I should have pinned you to the mattress
01:07:35 Or yours.
01:14:17 Beware the heat of the fire!
01:18:46 Chou Yuan you must admit your guilt.
01:26:43 Quiet!
01:32:46 At this point in the spread
01:35:24 Show me to the Strad.
01:38:43 mass specs and let's get some varnish samples
01:42:18 May I have the archeology department, please?
01:47:18 This...
01:54:12 - Did you check my minibar too? - It is our card. We are paying.
01:59:01 Against the telephone now. Against you, sir.
02:03:49 but it's over now and I'm coming home.
Cast & Characters
Carlo Cecchi
Nicolo Bussotti (Cremona)
Jean-Luc Bideau
Georges Poussin (Vienna)
Christoph Koncz
Kaspar Weiss (Vienna)
Jason Flemyng
Frederick Pope (Oxford)
Irene Grazioli
Anna Bussotti (Cremona)
Anita Laurenzi
Cesca (Cremona)
Tommaso Puntelli
Apprentice (Cremona)
Aldo Brugnini
Assistant (Cremona)
Samuele Amighetti
Boy (Cremona)
Clotilde Mollet
Antoinette Pussin (Vienna)
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,242
Dialogue density9.6 lines / min
First line00:03:11
Final line02:03:49
Production Record
DirectorFrançois Girard
LanguageFrench
Budget$18,000,000
Revenue$9,495,408
IMDb votes35,007