Do you miss concerts? Yea, we do too, but with a COVID-19 vaccine around the corner, perhaps your favorite musical acts will soon arrive at a venue near you! In the meantime, here’s one of our favorites from 2009, “The Concert”, a stand-up-and-cheer crowd pleaser!
“The Concert” (2009) – Sometimes, life presents opportunities for second chances, and director Radu Mihaileanu’s offbeat story features a most worthy one. In “The Concert”, Andrey Filipov (Aleksey Guskov) has been looking for a second chance for 30 years. Andrey currently works as a janitor for the famed Russian orchestra The Bolshoi, but he once led the company as a conductor. His career fell apart, but fate gives him the possibility to finish some personal business from three decades ago. Andrey and his best friend Sasha (Dmitriy Nazarov) attempt to recruit the old gang and a brilliant, young violinist (Melanie Laurent) to play for one night in Paris. Not every single visual gag or bit of slapstick comedy completely registers, but set aside this small quibble for a moving third act.
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Image credits: EuropaCorp. Distribution; Trailer credits: StudioCanalUK
