The movie follows the violin from the story of its construction to the present. Nicolo's wife anna rudolfi is pregnant and her servant cesca reads the tarot cards. Lazarus of bethany appears in the gospel of john in the new testament of the bible. The story goes that lazarus was resurrected four days after his death by jesus christ. By referring to the red violin as a lazarus soul, cesca means that the red violin also has the ability of becoming restored to life after its seeming death.
Lazarus of bethany appears in the gospel of john in the new testament of the bible. The story goes that lazarus was resurrected four days after his death by jesus christ. By referring to the red violin as a lazarus soul, cesca means that the red violin also has the ability of becoming restored to life after its seeming death. Five years later he directed the red violin which received an academy award for best original score and enshrined girard as an important player on the international movie scene. The film also won eight genie awards and nine jutra awards. The red violin (1998) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Directed by franois girard. With carlo cecchi, irene grazioli, anita laurenzi, tommaso puntelli. This film centres on a red violin created in 1681 by cremonese master violinmaker, nicolo bussotti, for the forthcoming birth of his child. The film tells the subsequent fate of the violin in episodes, linked together by a fortune telling, read by the servant woman cesca, for nicolos pregnant wife, anna. The red mendelssohn, the stradivari violin from which the plot was inspired, was rumored to be stained with blood, but was actually stained with burgundy wine.
The red mendelssohn, the stradivari violin from which the plot was inspired, was rumored to be stained with blood, but was actually stained with burgundy wine.
