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The Red Violin

1998 film directed by François Girard
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Summary

The Red Violin is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,485 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Original Score[3], Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Motion Picture[4]
  • Director: François Girard[5]
  • Screenwriter: François Girard[6], Don McKellar[7]
  • Composer: John Corigliano[8]
  • Genre: drama film[9], romance film[10], crime film[11], mystery film[12], musical film[13]
  • Cast member: Samuel L. Jackson[14], Colm Feore[15], Monique Mercure[16], Don McKellar[17], Sylvia Chang[18], Jason Flemyng[19], Greta Scacchi[20], Carlo Cecchi[21], Anita Laurenzi[22], Irene Grazioli[23], Jean-Luc Bideau[24], Rémy Girard[25], Sandra Oh[26], Wang Xiaoshuai[27]
  • Producer: Niv Fichman[28]
  • Production company: New Line Cinema[29], Channel 4[30], Telefilm Canada[31], CITY-DT[32]
  • Director of photography: Alain Dostie[33]
  • Original language of film or TV show: Italian[34], French[35], English[36], German[37], Standard Chinese[38], Romani[39]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[40]
  • Review score: 74%[41], 7.2/10[42], 57/100[43]
  • Color: color[44]
  • Country of origin: Canada[45], United Kingdom[46], Italy[47]
  • Publication date: September 3, 1998[48], November 26, 1998[49]
  • Distributed by: Starz Entertainment[50], Netflix[51]
  • Narrative location: Italy[52], Cremona[53], Vienna[54], Oxford[55], Shanghai[56], Montreal[57]
  • Filming location: Montreal[58]
  • Film editor: Gaëtan Huot[59]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Original Score[60]

Why It Matters

The Red Violin has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]

FAQs

What awards did The Red Violin receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Original Score[3] and Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Motion Picture[4].

Related Entities

Canada film Greta Scacchi Italy Jason Flemyng Joshua Bell Netflix Samuel L. Jackson Sandra Oh Starz Entertainment United Kingdom

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  39. [41] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  46. [48] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . kinokalender.com. Retrieved . kinokalender.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [61] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [62] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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