Costanza is drinking a beer in a Prague pub, a summer night in 1968, while a violinist enters and starts playing a "canone inverso" for her. It is not a case, that music and that violin have a story behind that could concern her. It is the love story between Jeno Varga and the music, between Jeno and Sophie.
Score
Bach's canons become characters, not just soundtrack.
Cinematography
Prague glows with impossible golden nostalgia.
Acting
Hans Matheson plays violin like his soul's escaping.
Director
Ricky Tognazzi
Hans Matheson
Jeno Varga
Mélanie Thierry
Sophie Levi
Lee Williams
David Blau
Gabriel Byrne
Violinista / Jeno Varga Adulto
Ricky Tognazzi
Baron Blau
Peter Vaughan
Barone Blau
Nia Roberts
Costanza
Adriano Pappalardo
Wolf
Andy Luotto
Maestro Hischbaum
Mattia Sbragia
Maestro Weigel
Domiziana Giordano
Baronessa Blau
Andrea Prodan
Karl
Rachel Shelley
la madre di Jeno
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hans Matheson trained for months to fake-play violin convincingly; close-ups use real virtuoso Ksenija Milošević's hands.
The 'canone inverso' structure mirrors the film's DNA: two narratives running opposite directions that finally collide.
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