Beautiful violin virtuoso Camille has two obsessions: the music of Ravel, and a friend of her husband's who crafts violins. But his heart seems to be as cold as her playing is passionate.
The film contains only excerpts of Ravel compositions, but the soundtrack album includes them in their entirety, performed by Jean-Jacques Kantorow (violin), Philippe Muller (cello) and Jacques Rouvier (piano). A fourth Ravel composition not excerpted in the film, "Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Faure", is on the soundtrack album. The film helped further popularize especially Ravel's Piano Trio.
Say what you will about this film. Good or bad, it really does a great job presenting the music. Did the actors play the instruments? Probably not. But the use of Ravel is ell executed, and no matter what else, that makes this a good movie.
The film contains only excerpts of Ravel compositions, but the soundtrack album includes them in their entirety, performed by Jean-Jacques Kantorow (violin), Philippe Muller (cello) and Jacques Rouvier (piano). A fourth Ravel composition not excerpted in the film, "Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Faure", is on the soundtrack album. The film helped further popularize especially Ravel's Piano Trio.
Say what you will about this film. Good or bad, it really does a great job presenting the music. Did the actors play the instruments? Probably not. But the use of Ravel is ell executed, and no matter what else, that makes this a good movie.