A Late Quartet (2012)

Directed by

Yaron Zilberman

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

R

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 255 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The Fugue String Quartet is a world-renowned ensemble. When the cellist is diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, it threatens to tear the group apart. The film follows the musicians as they navigate personal tensions and the looming end of their careers.

intimateemotionalreflectivetensemelancholicelegantcharacter-drivencontemplative

What happens

A Late Quartet (released in Australia as Performance) is a 2012 American drama film directed by Yaron Zilberman and co-written by Zilberman and Seth Grossman. The film stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christopher Walken, Catherine Keener, Mark Ivanir and Imogen Poots. Inspired by and structured around Beethoven's Op. 131, the film follows the world-renowned Fugue String Quartet after its cellist Peter Mitchell (Walken) is diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. Frederick Elmes served as cinematographer and Angelo Badalamenti composed the score. The Brentano String Quartet played the quartet music for the soundtrack and Anne Sofie von Otter appears as the cellist's late wife, singing Korngold's "Marietta's Song" from Die tote Stadt. The film premiered in the Special Presentation program at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival, and was theatrically released in over 30 countries. It received generally positive reviews. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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