Unique "Concert"

"Le Concert" is about Bolchoï, a famous Russian orchestra in the era of Bornezhlev, who wanted to kick out'alien' Jewish artists on the grounds of the political cleansing movement. Conductor Andrei Filipov refused to cooperate. He was unwilling to dismiss his favorite violinists and other artists. As a result, he was treated as an enemy of the people and was punished to be a cleaner for the orchestra. His colleague and friend violinist were assigned to Siberia. Later, the Soviet Union was transformed into Russia, and the orchestra recovered and embarked on the road of capitalism. The fate of Andrei and other musicians hasn’t changed much. They rushed for the smoke and firewood all day long. The cellist in the past drove ambulances, the trumpet-playing cinema was the leader, etc. Andrei’s nature was hard to change, and he often used the broom as a conductor. Great, relive old dreams. One day when he was cleaning the office of the director of the theater, he had no opinion on the fax machine. He received an invitation from the famous Chatelet concert hall in Paris to perform Bolchoï. His head became faint and he took the fax away. He began to collude with his colleagues in the past. Formed a band and prepared to go to Paris to play Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto under the pretence of his name. With the help of the Gypsies, he successfully applied for a fake passport and came to Paris to show his talents. Tchaikovsky used Andrei to regroup a group of outstanding artists who looked like a mob and regain their lost dignity through music.

The musicians under the lens of Radu Mihaileanu are all shameless and often drunk. Jewish musicians still don’t forget to make money when they come to Paris to perform. They find that Russian caviar is no longer a rare luxury item, and regrets saying: " If I knew it, it would be better to bring a bunch of Chinese mobile phones to Paris to sell!" Their crappy French mistakes make people laugh, drunk and forget the rehearsal time. The most funny thing is the band's economic man. After arriving in Paris, they went straight to France. Find comrades at the headquarter of the total. The casual, talented musical talents of Russian artists are contrasted with the Parisian's tune and pretense. The whole movie is full of funny, mocking but kind humor. This is one of the biggest reasons why the audience likes Mihaileanu. Kindness rather than caustic sarcasm is the least easy to grasp in humor. When Woody Allen is happy with others, he often shaves himself first, so as not to be misunderstood, and his humor is mostly the individualistic humor of people who have read books, went to school, urbanites, the tragedy of Mihaileanu's characters, laughter and anger are collective Yes, everyone’s burden is closely related to the tragedy of a certain era. There may be tears after laughing. Mihaileanu’s movies often have the shadow of Gypsies, and "The Concert" is no exception. It is about Gypsies and Jewish friendship, a common love for music and a contempt for centralized power.

This reminds me of a joke made by a Jewish friend, Ashkenazi, we are Einstein, Thomasman, Liszt, Salinger, Max, and Sephardic, besides falafel (North African sandwich), jewelry store, what do they have?

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