"The Concert" movie by Romanian-born director nominated for Golden Globe award

"The Concert", a movie by Romanian-born French film director and screenwriter Radu Mihaileanu is nominated for Best Foreign Language Film in the 68th edition of the Golden Globe awards,according to the organizers of the event. The other nominees in the best foreign language film category are "Biutiful" by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, "The Edge" by Alexey Uchitel, "I Am Love" by Luca Guadagnino, and "In a Better World" by Susanne Bier. In February 2010, "The Concert" (originally titles Le Concert) was awarded a Cesar for best sound and best musical score, in a ceremony that took place at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris. The dramatic comedy "The Concert," which had its Romanian premiere on November 20, 2009, revolves around Andrei Filipov, conductor of the Bolshoi Theater orchestra and the greatest conductor in the Soviet Union, fired at the peak of his career because he refused to part ways with his Jewish musicians. Thirty years later, Filipov is still working at the Bolshoi Theater, but as a janitor, when, one night, while cleaning the office of the director, he steals a fax reading that the Russian orchestra was invited to play in Paris, at the famous Pleyel hall. Thus, he calls his former colleagues and they decide to pass as the members of the Bolshoi Orchestra.

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