THE CONCERT 
Country: France 2009 Comedy Drama Thirty years ago, during the Brezhnev years, Andrei Simoniovich Filipov was the celebrated conductor of the renowned Bolshoi Orchestra. But after refusing to get rid of his Jewish musicians, he was fired at the peak of his fame. Today, he’s still working at the Bolshoi ….. as a janitor, and one night, learns by accident that the Chatelet Theatre in Paris has invited the Bolshoi Orchestra to play there. In a moment of inspired madness, he decides to gather together his former musicians, now scattered and scrambling to deal with their disenfranchised lives as best they can, to impersonate the Orchestra and perform the gig in Paris instead of the real Bolshoi. The idea is outrageous. Andrei and his cohorts try to steer a course that is only one step ahead of total breakdown and chaos. Despite the misgivings of Anne-Marie Jacquet (Mélanie Laurent), the young French virtuoso who he wants as the solo violinist for the performance, this grand deception might just work! Directed by Radu Mihaileanu (Live and Become), this “crowd-pleaser with soul” (The Gazette) combines madcap misadventure with astute and hilarious political commentary to provide a delightful musical treat. Date & Time: Saturday, November 19th at 7:00 PM
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