

300 years of a remarkable musical instrument. Crafted by the Italian master Bussotti (Cecchi) in 1681, the red violin has traveled through Austria, England, China, and Canada, leaving both beauty and tragedy in its wake. In Montreal, Samuel L Jackson plays an appraiser going over its complex history.

Samuel L. Jackson

Carlo Cecchi

Irene Grazioli

Anita Laurenzi

Tommaso Puntelli

Aldo Brugnini

Samuele Amighetti

Jean-Luc Bideau

Christoph Koncz

Clotilde Mollet

Florentin Groll

Johannes Silberschneider

Rainer Egger

Paul Koeker

Wolfgang Böck

Josef Mairginter

Johan Gotsch

Geza Hosszu-Legocky

David Alberman

Arthur Denberg

Andrzej Matuszewiski

Greta Scacchi

Jason Flemyng

Eva Marie Bryer

Dimitri Andreas

David Gant

Stuart Yung Sai-Kit

Sylvia Chang

Liu Zifeng

Tao Hong

Wang Xiaoshuai

Xio Fei Han

Tan Zeng-Wei

Zhi Qing Zhou

Zhi Qiao

Kun Qi Cao

Rei Yang

Lidou

Colm Feore

Monique Mercure

Don McKellar

Ireneusz Bogajewicz

Julian Richings

Russell Yuen

Sandra Oh

Paula de Vasconcelos

Rémy Girard

Marie-Josée Gauthier

Dany Laferrière

Dorothée Berryman

David La Haye

Gregory Hlady

Herman Meckler

Sheena Macdonald

Jody Shapiro

James Bradford

Joshua Bell

Sylvia Stewart