FILM SYNOPSIS:

Thirty years ago, Andrei Simoniovich Filipov, the renowned conductor of the Bolshoi orchestra, was fired for hiring Jewish musicians. Now a mere cleaning man at the Bolshoi, he learns by accident that the Châtelet Theater in Paris invites the Bolshoi orchestra to play there. He decides to gather together his former musicians and to perform in Paris in the place of the current Bolshoi orchestra. As a solo violin player to accompany his old Jewish or Gypsy musicians he wants Anne-Marie Jacquet, a young virtuoso. If they all overcome the hardships ahead this very special concert will be a triumph.

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY:

Radu Mihăileanu is a Romanian-born French film director and screenwriter. He graduated from the Institute des Hautes Études Cinématographiques (IDHEC) in Paris. He directed his first feature, Betrayal / Trahir in 1993, film that played at many international festivals. Train of Life / Train de Vie (1998), his second feature, launched his international career and won the Audience Award for best foreign film at the Sundance Film Festival, two awards at the Venice Film Festival. Va, Vis et Deviens/ Live and Become (2005) secured his position as one of the most renowned European directors today. The film won countless awards including the Audience Award at the Berlin Film Festival and the César for Best Screenplay in 2006. The Concert is Radu's fourth feature.