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 Ch''telet 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. He wants Anne-Marie Jacquet... (M''lanie Laurent) a young virtuoso as the solo violinist to accompany his old Jewish and gypsy musicians. If they all manage to overcome the hardships ahead this very special concert will be a triumph. [show more]
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Russian-French comedy drama. Aleksei Guskov stars as Andrei Filipov, a once-celebrated conductor of the prestigious Bolshoi Orchestra who was sacked from the post 30 years previously for hiring Jewish musicians, and has worked in the menial role of janitor in the Bolshoi Theatre ever since. When he happens upon an invitation from Paris for the Bolshoi Orchestra to play there, he hijacks the gig and assembles his own motley team of musicians for a whirlwind three-day trip that they will never forget. Melanie Laurent and Valeriy Barinov co-star.
Twenty-five years after losing his position as the conductor of the Bolshoi Orchestra for his refusal to fire the Jewish musicians, a once-famous musical director attempts to stage a late-career comeback. Andrei Semoinovitch Filipov (Aleksei Guskov) was at the top of his game when the Soviet regime ended his career. More than two decades later, he's working as a janitor in the same theater where he once conducted. In his spare time, Andreï and his wife stage mock communist demonstrations to entertain the locals. When Andreï happens across an invitation to Paris' famed Theatre du Chatelet, he contacts his old orchestra friends in hopes of staging a performance that will bring the crowd to their feet for a standing ovation.
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