A Late Quartet
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| Directed by | Yaron Zilberman |
| Produced by | Yaron Zilberman Mandy Tagger Vanessa Coifman David Faigenblum Emanuel Michael Tamar Sela |
| Written by | Yaron Zilberman Seth Grossman |
| Starring | Philip Seymour Hoffman Christopher Walken Catherine Keener |
| Music by | Angelo Badalamenti |
| Cinematography | Frederick Elmes |
| Edited by | Yuval Shar |
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Opening Night Productions
RKO Pictures |
| Distributed by | Entertainment One |
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Running time
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106 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1,562,546[2] |
A Late Quartet is a 2012 American drama film co-written (with Seth Grossman), produced, and directed by Yaron Zilberman.[3][4] The film uses chamber music played by the Brentano String Quartet and especially, Beethoven's Op. 131.[5] The film was released in Australia as Performance.
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Plot
As the Fugue String quartet approaches its 25th anniversary, the onset of a debilitating illness to cellist Peter Mitchell (Christopher Walken), forces its members to reevaluate their relationships. After being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, Peter announces his decision to play one final concert before he retires. Meanwhile the second violinist, Robert (Philip Seymour Hoffman), voices his desire to alternate the first violinist role, long held by Daniel (Mark Ivanir). Robert is married to Juliette (Catherine Keener), the viola player of the group. Upon discovering Juliette does not support him in this matter, Robert has a one-night stand. Further complicating matters, their daughter, Alexandra (Imogen Poots), begins an affair with Daniel, whom her mother once pined for. Yet bound together by their years of collaboration, the quartet will search for a fitting farewell to their shared passion of music and perhaps even a new beginning.
Cast
- Philip Seymour Hoffman as Robert Gelbart
- Christopher Walken as Peter Mitchell
- Catherine Keener as Juliette Gelbart
- Mark Ivanir as Daniel Lerner
- Imogen Poots as Alexandra Gelbart
- Anne Sofie von Otter as Miriam
- Madhur Jaffrey as Dr. Nadir
- Liraz Charhi as Pilar
- Wallace Shawn as Gideon Rosen
- Nina Lee (of the Brentano String Quartet) as herself, in the closing scene
Adaptation from source material
The scene in which Peter Mitchell tells his music class an anecdote about meeting Pablo Casals is adapted from an anecdote found in Cellist, the autobiography of cellist Gregor Piatigorsky; the circumstances of the encounter and the pieces played are changed in the film, but Casals's words are essentially identical to those recounted by Piatigorsky.[6]
Soundtrack
- Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131, performed by the Brentano String Quartet
- Joseph Haydn: String Quartet No. 5 in F minor, 3rd movement, performed by the Brentano String Quartet
- Uri Caine: "City Nights", performed by Uri Caine
- Cristian Puig: "Bulerias Del Encuentro" (flamenco), performed by Cristian Puig and Rebeca Tomas
- Pablo de Sarasate: "Zigeunerweisen", Op. 20, performed by Mark Steinberg
- Jonathan Dagan: "Salty Air" (from Rivers and Homes), performed by j.viewz
- Johann Sebastian Bach: Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010, performed by Nina Lee (Brentano String Quartet)
- Erich Korngold: "Marietta's Song" from Die tote Stadt, performed by Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Bengt Forsberg (piano), Kjell Lysell and Ulf Forsberg (violins), sv (viola), Mats Lidström (cello)
The film's stage performances were filmed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, the same stage where the Guarneri Quartet gave its farewell concert in 2009.
Reception
A Late Quartet received generally positive reviews, currently holding a 79% "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[7]
See also
References
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- ↑ "A Late Quartet (2012)". ComingSoon.net. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
- ↑ Brooks, Katharine (September 11, 2012). "A Late Quartet review". The Huffington Post. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
- ↑ "Cast & crew". ALateQuartet.com. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
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