A drama directed by Francois Girard, starring Samuel L. Jackson.
A master luthier makes a perfect violin and promises his pregnant wife that their son will play it. The wife gets a tarot reading from a gypsy housekeeper before delivering the baby. The wife dies in childbirth and the luthier paints the violin red. The film then follows the stories of all the people who own the red violin from the 1600s to the present.
The characters and sub-plots changed with the owners of the instrument, but classical music followed through the whole story. There are some interesting plot twists at the end, but I won't spoil them here. The pacing was relatively slow and the style was pretty cool. Films about good music usually sway my ratings heavily and this is no exception. I'm rating it best.
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