Members of a world-renowned string quartet struggle to stay together in the face of death, competing egos, and insuppressible lust.Members of a world-renowned string quartet struggle to stay together in the face of death, competing egos, and insuppressible lust.Members of a world-renowned string quartet struggle to stay together in the face of death, competing egos, and insuppressible lust.
- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaPeter Mitchell tells his class an anecdote about the two times he met cello legend Pablo Casals; this anecdote is a true incident that happened to another legendary cellist, the late Gregor Piatigorsky. This anecdote is paraphrased from Piatigorsky's autobiography, "Cellist".
- GoofsWhen Daniel explains to Alexandra how the smallest difference in horse hair can change the timbre of the violin, he pronounces it tim-ber instead of the correct pronunciation, TAM-ber.
- Quotes
[first lines]
Peter Mitchell: Time present and time past are both perhaps present in time future, and time future contained in time past. If all time is eternally present, all time is unredeemable. Or say that the end precedes the beginning, and the end and the beginning were always there before the beginning and after the end. And all is always now.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Maltin on Movies: Skyfall (2012)
- SoundtracksString Quartet No. 14 in C# Minor, Op. 131
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by Brentano String Quartet (as The Brentano String Quartet)
Courtesy of AEON Recordings, a label of Outhere SA, Brussels, Belgium
Featured review
Too Good to be Lost Among Holiday Blockbusters
I have recently been diagnosed as having Parkinson's and this movie was recommended by another person with Parkinson's. I went to the movie to see if I could relate to what was going on. I was blown away by the music, the script,the settings and the performances musical or acting. To go to this movie and miss the whole tragedy of all in the movie is to miss the obvious.
It isn't about how good the music was played, whether the movie portrayed realism in human interaction, not the obvious flaws of the individuals, nor the film making's errors. To me it was all this as a whole, absolutely faultless in combining the plot with subplots, the tensions, the love, and the compassion of great artists doing what they loved playing wonderfully well.
I have to wonder where the criticism comes from other reviewers. Is it their perfectionist expectations, or is it from a lowered self esteem brought about by never achieving their dreams. And the script was a reflection of their anger.
And, although Parkinson's was part of the plot it was handled in a very thoughtful way. I would be happy if my whole family would go to the movie to see just the way a person so afflicted has to hold their cup with two hands to keep from spilling their drink. And, because it is a well made wonderful movie filled with enjoyment. Only two people left the movie house before the credit were finished.
It isn't about how good the music was played, whether the movie portrayed realism in human interaction, not the obvious flaws of the individuals, nor the film making's errors. To me it was all this as a whole, absolutely faultless in combining the plot with subplots, the tensions, the love, and the compassion of great artists doing what they loved playing wonderfully well.
I have to wonder where the criticism comes from other reviewers. Is it their perfectionist expectations, or is it from a lowered self esteem brought about by never achieving their dreams. And the script was a reflection of their anger.
And, although Parkinson's was part of the plot it was handled in a very thoughtful way. I would be happy if my whole family would go to the movie to see just the way a person so afflicted has to hold their cup with two hands to keep from spilling their drink. And, because it is a well made wonderful movie filled with enjoyment. Only two people left the movie house before the credit were finished.
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- joeaneal
- Dec 29, 2012
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- Also known as
- Son Konser
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,562,548
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $75,279
- Nov 4, 2012
- Gross worldwide
- $6,303,709
- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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