Theatr Mwldan Film Society screen the charmingly comic and uplifting movie Le Concert (15) on Sunday 14th (6.10pm) and Monday 15th (8.40pm).
Thirty years ago, Andrei Simoniovich Filipov (Aleksei Guskov) was the celebrated conductor of the renowned Bolshoi Orchestra. But during the communist era, he was fired at the height of his fame for refusing to get rid of all his Jewish musicians, which included his best friend Sasha.
Now demoted to the position of cleaner at the Bolshoi, he learns by chance that the Châtelet Theatre in Paris has invited the Orchestra to perform there. Andrei decides to reunite his orchestra and to perform in Paris in the place of the current Bolshoi Orchestra, with Anne-Marie Jacquet (Mélanie Laurent), a young virtuoso, as the solo violinist to accompany his old Jewish and gypsy musicians.
The film’s award-winning director, Radu Mihaileanu was born in Bucarest, Romania. The son of a Jewish journalist, he fled Romania during Ceausescu’s dictatorship to seek refuge in Israel and subsequently, went to France where he studied cinema. During the 1980s, he worked as Assistant Director, notably for Marco Ferreri. Mihaileanu’s second film, Train of Life, was an international success, winning two awards won at the Venice Film Festival in 1998. In 2005, he won the Cesar for Best Screenplay with Live and Become, as well as several awards at the Berlinale.
For further information or to book tickets, visit www.mwldan.co.uk or call the Box Office on 01239 621200.
