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Where was The Red Violin filmed?

1998 film, directed by François Girard.

  • Montreal

The story is set in Italy, about 4,067 miles (6,545 km) from where it was filmed.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Italy; Cremona; Vienna; Oxford
Filmed in
Montreal
Distance
About 4,067 miles (6,545 km) between Italy and the nearest filming location.
Distance
About 3,997 miles (6,433 km) between Vienna and the nearest filming location.
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About The Red Violin

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Released
1998
Director
François Girard
Cast
Samuel L. JacksonColm FeoreMonique MercureDon McKellarSylvia ChangJason FlemyngGreta ScacchiCarlo CecchiAnita LaurenziIrene Grazioli
Genre
DramaRomanceCrimeMysteryMusical
Awards
Academy Award for Best Original Score; Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Motion Picture

Cremona, 1681 (Language: Italian) Nicolò Bussotti is a violin-maker whose wife, Anna Rudolfi, is pregnant.

The violin, the last one that Nicolò ever made, then makes its way to an orphanage in Austria.

On the day of the recital, just before starting to play, Weiss's heart gives out from the stress, and he collapses, dead.

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