THE CONCERT Le Concert Festival Selection: French Film Festival in Japan (2010), Sofia Film Festival (2010), Cinémania (2009), French Cinema Today Festival in Russia (2009), Rome Film Festival, Hors compétition (2009) U.S. Premiere Comedy/Drama France/Belgium/Romania/Italy, 2009 In French with English subtitles 35mm/Scope/Color/Dolby SRD-SR-DTS/122 min Directed by: Radu Mihaileanu Written by: Radu Mihaileanu, Alain-Michel Blanc, Matthew Robbins Based on the original story by: Hector Cabello Reyes, Thierry Degrandi Cinematography by: Laurent Dailland Editing by: Ludovic Troch Music by: Armand Amar Produced by: Alain Attal Production Company: Les Productions du Trésor Coproduction: Oï Oï Oï Productions, France 3 Cinéma, EuropaCorp, Panache Productions, Castel Films, RTBF, BIM Distribuzione International Sales: Wild Bunch 99, rue de la Verrerie 75004 Paris France Phone: +33 1.53.01.50.20 www.wildbunch.biz U.S. Distribution: The Weinstein Company www.weinsteinco.com Cast: Mélanie Laurent (Anne-Marie Jacquet), Aleksei Guskov (Andreï Semoinovitch Filipov), Dmitri Nazarov (Aleksander Abramovitch 'Sacha' Grossman), Valeriy Barinov (Ivan Gavrilov), François Berléand (Olivier Morne Duplessis), Miou-Miou (Guylène de La Rivière), Lionel Abelanski (Jean-Paul Carrère), Ramzy Bedia (Owner of Le Trou Normand) Thirty years ago, at the height of his fame, Andrei Filipov (Aleksei Guskov, The House of Sun, The Weather Station) was asked to step down as conductor of the Bolshoi orchestra for refusing to fire his Jewish musicians. From legend he went to failure, battling alcoholism and depression. Now working as a janitor for the Bolshoi, Andrei finds a fax from the Theatre du Châtelet in Paris, asking the Bolshoi to fly urgently as replacement for the San Francisco Philharmonic. Moved by a desire to prove himself, he convinces his old musicians, now struggling to make a living, to pass for the Bolshoi orchestra and go to Paris. Upon arrival, Filipov is forced to face old demons as he tries to win the trust of soloist Anne-Marie Jacquet (Mélanie Laurent, Inglourious Basterds, Melody’s Smile (COL•COA 2008), Don’t Worry I’m Fine) for this historic concert. RADU MIHAILEANU left his native Romania in 1980 and graduated from the film school L’IDHEC in Paris. He started his career as assistant director to Marco Ferreri and won the First Film award at the 1993 Montréal World Film Festival for Trahir, a first feature that he co-wrote and directed. His second feature Train of Life, co-written with Moni Ovadia, won multiple awards, including the Audience Award at the1999 Sundance Film Festival in the category World Cinema and the FIPRESCI Prize for Best First Film at the 1998 Venice Film Festival. He followed with Go, See and Become (2005), co-written with Alain-Michel Blanc, another critical and commercial success: 2006 César award for Best Screenplay, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 2005 Berlinale. His fourth feature, The Concert was one of the most popular films of the year in France. Radu Mihaileanu is currently President of L’ARP, the French guild of writers, directors and producers.