• StatusReleased
  • Release Date2009-11-04
  • Runtime119 minutes
  • TaglineThe grand deception that became the performance of a lifetime.
  • RevenueNot Available
  • GenreDrama, Comedy
  • Production
    CompaniesOï Oï Oï Productions, France 3 Cinéma, EuropaCorp, Castel Film, Panache Productions, BiM Distribuzione, RTBF
  • BudgetNot Available

Movie Overview

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.

Casts

Aleksey Guskov

Mélanie Laurent

Dmitri Nazarov

François Berléand

Miou-Miou

Lionel Abelanski

Valeriy Barinov

Sara Martins

Laurent Bateau

Vlad Ivanov

Anna Kamenkova

Roger Dumas

Anghel Gheorghe

Aleksandr Komissarov

Vitalie Bichir

Guillaume Gallienne

Valentin Teodosiu

Ion Sapdaru

Maria Dinulescu

Anamaria Ferentz

Mihai Călin

Ramzy Bedia

Eric Judor

Anton Yakovlev

Constantin Drăgănescu

Hervé Pauchon

Philippe Uchan

Bing Yin

Tatiana Rotari

Patrick Zard