List of the best François Girard movies: The Red Violin(1998), Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould(1993), Boychoir(2014), Silk(2007), The Song of Names(2019) ... ...
Drama
Canada|Italy|USA|UK|Austria
1998
131 Minutes
Director
Samuel L. Jackson Don McKellar Carlo Cecchi Irene Grazioli Jean-Luc Bideau Christoph Koncz Jason Flemyng Greta Scacchi Sylvia Chang Liu Zifeng Colm Feore
musical prodigy gypsy servant husband violinist appraiser passionate solemn auction house canada england china italy music death investigation communism obsession secret love
A red-colored violin inspires passion, making its way through three centuries over several owners and countries, eventually ending up at an auction where it may find a new owner.
Drama
Canada|Netherlands|Portugal|Finland
1993
93 Minutes
Director
Colm Feore Gale Garnett Katya Ladan David Hughes Gerry Quigley Carlo Rota Peter Millard
pianist father mother cousin promoter filmmaker calm profound moving fascinating canada family home truck stop glenn gould drug addiction eccentricity classical music talent rise discovery
A collection of vignettes highlighting different aspects of the life, work, and character of the acclaimed Canadian classical pianist.
Drama, Music
USA|Canada
2014
103 Minutes
Director
Dustin Hoffman Kathy Bates Eddie Izzard Debra Winger Josh Lucas Kevin McHale Garrett Wareing Joe West Erica Piccininni River Alexander Grant Venable
choir director schoolboy single mother young boy singer inspiring uplifting moving yale connecticut united states singing talent troubled youth choir choir singer growing up
After his single mother dies, a young boy with an excellent voice is sent to a prestigious choir school, and has trouble adapting to the culture of the school.
Romance, Drama
Canada|France|Italy|UK|Japan|USA
2007
109 Minutes
Director
Keira Knightley Michael Carmen Pitt Koji Yakusho Alfred Molina Miki Nakatani Mark Rendall Sei Ashina Kenneth Welsh Jun Kunimura Callum Keith Rennie Carlo Cecchi
trader concubine wife baron frenchman passionate moving sad japan france village boat culture clash love letters obsession traveling business trip memory forbidden love quest
The story of a married silkworm merchant-turned-smuggler in 19th century France traveling to Japan for his town's supply of silkworms after a disease wipes out their African supply. During his stay in Japan, he becomes obsessed with the concubine of a local baron.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
2019
113 Minutes
Director
Tim Roth Clive Owen Catherine McCormack Jonah Hauer-King Gerran Howell Richard Bremmer Amy Sloan Stanley Townsend Max Macmillan
A child befriends a Polish violin prodigy whose parents leave him in his family's care. The two boys become like brothers until the musician disappears. Forty years later, he gets his first clue as to what happened to his childhood best friend.