A Late Quartet
- Philip Seymour Hoffman: Robert Gelbart
- Christopher Walken: Peter Mitchell
- Catherine Keener: Juliette Gelbart
- Mark Ivanir: Daniel Lerner
- Imogen Poots: Alexandra Gelbart
- Wallace Shawn: Gideon Rose
- Anne Sofie von Otter: Miriam
Strings of Life ( Original Title: A Late Quartet ) is an American film drama from the year 2012 from a screenplay by Yaron Zilberman and Seth Grossman, which was produced by Zilberman, who also directed. The original title refers to Beethoven's String Quartet in C sharp minor, Op 131, the last of the composer.
Action
The focus of the film is a string quartet ensemble, which will soon be celebrating the 25th anniversary of its existence. However, the illness of a member as well as the relationships among the members lead to numerous stresses that can not be resolved in any case.
The film was first presented on 10 September 2012 at the Toronto International Film Festival. On November 2, 2012, he started in the U.S., on May 2, 2013, Germany.
Reviews
" Strings of Life is a wonderful ensemble piece of a dual nature. Backgrounds, questions, and structures of the music radio on in the lives of musicians and primed the same building, the logic of the film itself. No break shall be held between the seven movements of the quartet. Beethoven himself has forbidden it. "
Soundtrack
Performed by Brentano String Quartet:
Performed by Angelo Badalamenti: