Astrid Thompson (Valérie Donzelli) finally succeeds in fulfilling her father’s dream: to bring together a string quartet featuring four Stradivarius-playing virtuosi for a performance of a new composition he commissioned. But Lise, George, Peter, and Apolline, the four musicians recruited for the occasion, are incapable of playing together. The rehearsals are one ego crisis after another. With no solution in sight, Astrid decides to go and find the only person who can still save the event: Charlie Beaumont (Frédéric Pierro), the composer of the score.
With authentic musicans playing the members of the quartet, the film is as much a treat for the ears as it is for the eye. (The original score is by Grégoire Hetzel.)
Delightful… The film is bound together by its unabashed celebration of music, and not only classical music. (There’s a wonderful moment when the group suddenly breaks into a bluegrass song.) It’s a celebration that transcends personal animosities.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Engaging… a comedy that is not afraid to be intelligent. It’s a welcome cinematic entry for discerning moviegoers.
Sarah A Spitz, Stage and Cinema
Highly enjoyable, and without a single false note.
Francois Levesque, Le Devoir
Grégory Magne
Valérie Donzelli, Frédéric Pierro, Mathieu Spinosi, Emma Ravier, Daniel Garlitsky, Marie Vialle
France
2024
In French with English subtitles
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Credits
Screenwriter
Grégory Magne, Haroun
Editor
Béatrice Herminie
Original Music
Grégoire Hetzel
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