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La Mélodie

Rachid Hami
Francia
 - 2016

Simon, approaching fifty, is a distinguished violinist, but he’s at a low point in his life and career. He winds up teaching a 6th-grade orchestra class at a Parisian middle school,under the direction of the kindly Mr. Farid. He gets off to a rocky start and his strict teaching style doesn’t help him connect with the more difficult students.

One of these students is Arnold, a painfully shy but gifted boy who is passionate about the violin. Inspired by Arnold’s raw talent and the warm enthusiasm of the rest of theclass, Simon regains his zest for life and rediscovers the joys of music. But will he be able to overcome the obstacles and keep his promise to take the class to perform at theParis Philharmonic?

DIRECTOR
Rachid Hami
SCREENPLAY
Guy Laurent, Valérie Zenatti, Rachid Hami
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Jérôme Almeras
EDITOR
Joëlle Hache
SOUND
Laurent Poirier, Eric Tisserand, Helene Lelardoux, Arnaud Rolland
MUSIC
Bruno Coulais
PRODUCTION
Nicolas Mauvernay
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Mizar Films, Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC), France 2 Cinéma, La Cité de la Musique - Philharmonie de Paris
CAST
Kad Merad, Samir Guesmi, Renely Alfred, Slimane Dazi, Tatiana Rojo, Mathieu Spinosi, Jean-Luc Vincent, Youssouf Gueye
RUNNING TIME
102 min.
TYPE
Largometraje
FORMAT
Color
YEAR OF PRODUCTION
2016
COUNTRY
Francia

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