Plot: In present day Montreal, a famous Nicolo Bussotti violin, known as "the red violin," is being auctioned off. During the auction, we flash back to the creation of the violin in 17th century Italy, and follow the violin as it makes its way through an 18th century Austrian monastery, a violinist in 19th century Oxford, China during the Cultural Revolution, and back to Montreal, where a collector tries to establish the identity and the secrets of "the red violin."
Director: François Girard,
Writer: Don McKellar, François Girard,
Producer: Niv Fichman, Daniel Iron, Giannandrea Pecorelli, Barbara Shrier,
Cast: Carlo Cecchi, Irene Grazioli, Anita Laurenzi, Tommaso Puntelli, Samuele Amighetti, Jean-Luc Bideau, Aldo Brugnini, Christoph Koncz, Clotilde Mollet, Florentín Groll, Johannes Silberschneider, Rainer Egger, Paul Koeker, Wolfgang Böck, Josef Mairginter, Johan Gotsch, Geza Hosszu-Legocky, David Alberman, Arthur Denberg, Andrzej Matuszewiski, Jason Flemyng, Greta Scacchi, Eva Marie Bryer, Dimitri Andreas, David Gant, Sai-Kit Yung, Sylvia Chang, Zifeng Liu, Hong Tao, Xio Fei Han, Zheng Wei Tan, Zhi Qing Zhou, Xiaoshuai Wang, Zhi Qiao, Kun Qi Cao, Rei Yang, Lidou, Samuel L. Jackson, Colm Feore, Monique Mercure, Don McKellar, Ireneusz Bogajewicz, Julian Richings, Russell Yuen, Sandra Oh, Paula de Vasconcelos, Rémy Girard, Marie-Josée Gauthier, Dany Laferrière, Dorothée Berryman, David La Haye, Gregory Hlady, Herman Meckler, Sheena Macdonald, Jody Shapiro, James Bradford, Joshua Bell, Sylvia Stewart,