Synopsis
During the Brezhnev era, Andrei Filipov was the greatest conductor in the Soviet Union and he directed the famous Bolshoi Orchestra. But after refusing to abandon his Jewish musicians, including his best friend Sacha, he was fired at the height of his glory. Thirty years later, he is still working at the Bolshoi, but... as a cleaner.
One evening, when Andrei has stayed late to the polish the director's desk, he comes across a fax addressed to the Bolshoi management: it is an invitation from the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris for the orchestra to come and perform there. Suddenly, Andrei has a crazy idea: why not bring together his old musician friends, who now get by doing menial work, and take them to Paris, passing them off as the Bolshoi Orchestra? It is the long-awaited occasion for them to at last get their revenge.
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Director (1)
Actors (21)
Production and distribution (5)
- Executive Producer : Trésor Films
- Co-productions : France 3 Cinéma, EuropaCorp, Oï Oï Oï Productions
- Foreign production companies : Castel Film, RTBF - Radio Télévision Belge de la Communauté Française, Bim Distribuzione, Panache Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : Goodfellas (ex-Wild Bunch International)
- French distribution : EuropaCorp Distribution
Full credits (23)
- Executive Producer : Alain Attal
- Assistant directors : Olivier Jacquet, Julie Grumbach, Michaël Pierrard
- Foreign producers : Valerio de Paolis, André Logie, Bogdan Moncea, Vlad Paunescu
- Authors of original work : Hector Cabello Reyes, Thierry Degrandi
- Sound Recordist : Pierre Excoffier
- Screenwriters : Radu Mihaileanu, Alain-Michel Blanc, Matthew Robbins
- Co-producer : Radu Mihaileanu
- Director of Photography : Laurent Dailland
- Sound Assistant : Olivier Varenne
- Assistant Operators : Carole Gargam, Océane Lavergne, Arnaud Gervet
- Production Manager : Xavier Amblard
- Press Attaché (film) : François Hassan Guerrar
- Editor : Ludo Troch
- Sound editors : Nicolas Bourgeois, Stéphane Rabeau, Sélim Azzazi
- Assistant editor : Séverine Cava
- Continuity supervisor : Sophie Audier
- Production Designers : Stanislas Reydellet, Christian Niculescu
- Music Composer : Armand Amar
- Casting : Hervé Jakubowicz, Gigi Akoka, Laurent Couraud
- Costume designer : Viorica Petrovici
- Sound Mixer : Bruno Tarrière
- Still Photographer : Guy Ferrandis
- Location Manager : Grégory Valais
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France, Belgium, Romania, Italy
- Original French-language productions : Yes
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Belgium, Romania, Italy)
- Production year : 2008
- French release : 04/11/2009
- Runtime : 2 h
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 106.079
- Visa issue date : 22/10/2009
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Rating restrictions : None
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News & awards
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Selections (21)
Awards (2)
Cesar Awards - French film industry awards
France, 2010
César Award for Best Original Score : Armand Amar
César Award for Best Sound : Sélim Azzazi, Pierre Excoffier, Bruno Tarrière
