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Le concert (2009)
Pure cliché
7 March 2010 - 33 out of 66 users found this review helpful.
Pure cliché...from the beginning to the end.
Not really a disappointment, being somewhat aware of Mihaileanu's obsessive religious egocentricity, but this one is really embarrassing on all levels, for those who have a clue of Eastern Europe, including Russia. Looks like being made for people who never went there, and/or who only want to visit the place (socially, culturally speaking) via the clichés one can build around it.
Mihaileanu manages to miss both funny and sad parts of the movie, by overloading both with clichés, giving the impression of assuming a completely uneducated public.
Music kind of saves the movie, but that's thanks to Tchaikovski and the interpreters of the movie's soundtrack (Budapest Symphony).
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