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A Late Quartet

  • 20122012
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  • 1h 45m
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Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christopher Walken, Catherine Keener, and Mark Ivanir in A Late Quartet (2012)
Four members of a world-renowned string quartet struggle to stay together in the face of death, competing egos and insuppressible lust.
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Members of a world-renowned string quartet struggle to stay together in the face of death, competing egos, and insuppressible lust.Members of a world-renowned string quartet struggle to stay together in the face of death, competing egos, and insuppressible lust.Members of a world-renowned string quartet struggle to stay together in the face of death, competing egos, and insuppressible lust.
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
15K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
23,289
3,959
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    • Director
      • Yaron Zilberman
    • Writers
      • Yaron Zilberman(story by)
      • Seth Grossman(screenplay by)
    • Stars
      • Philip Seymour Hoffman
      • Christopher Walken
      • Catherine Keener
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Yaron Zilberman
    • Writers
      • Yaron Zilberman(story by)
      • Seth Grossman(screenplay by)
    • Stars
      • Philip Seymour Hoffman
      • Christopher Walken
      • Catherine Keener
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 87User reviews
    • 163Critic reviews
    • 67Metascore
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 2 nominations

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    Trailer 2:31
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    Imogen Poots in A Late Quartet (2012)
    Christopher Walken in A Late Quartet (2012)
    Philip Seymour Hoffman in A Late Quartet (2012)
    Catherine Keener in A Late Quartet (2012)
    Liraz Charhi in A Late Quartet (2012)
    Catherine Keener and Mark Ivanir in A Late Quartet (2012)
    Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christopher Walken, and Catherine Keener in A Late Quartet (2012)
    Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christopher Walken, Catherine Keener, and Mark Ivanir in A Late Quartet (2012)
    Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christopher Walken, Catherine Keener, and Mark Ivanir in A Late Quartet (2012)
    Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christopher Walken, Catherine Keener, and Mark Ivanir in A Late Quartet (2012)
    Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christopher Walken, Catherine Keener, and Mark Ivanir in A Late Quartet (2012)
    Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christopher Walken, Catherine Keener, and Mark Ivanir in A Late Quartet (2012)

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    Philip Seymour Hoffman
    Philip Seymour Hoffman
    • Robert Gelbart
    Christopher Walken
    Christopher Walken
    • Peter Mitchell
    Catherine Keener
    Catherine Keener
    • Juliette Gelbart
    Mark Ivanir
    Mark Ivanir
    • Daniel Lerner
    Imogen Poots
    Imogen Poots
    • Alexandra Gelbart
    Madhur Jaffrey
    Madhur Jaffrey
    • Dr. Nadir
    Liraz Charhi
    Liraz Charhi
    • Pilar
    Wallace Shawn
    Wallace Shawn
    • Gideon Rosen
    Pamela Quinn
    • Parkinson's Class Instructor
    Brooklyn Parkinson Group
    • Parkinson's Class Participants
    Cristian Puig
    • Flamenco Guitarist
    Rebeca Tomas
    • Flamenco Dancer
    Megan McQuillan
    Megan McQuillan
    • Sotheby's Executive
    David Redden
    • Auctioneer
    Ted Hartley
    Ted Hartley
    • Winning Bidder
    Stephen Payne
    • Jack
    Alyssa Lewis
    • Little Girl in Subway
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    • Director
      • Yaron Zilberman
    • Writers
      • Yaron Zilberman(story by) (screenplay by)
      • Seth Grossman(screenplay by)
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    • Trivia
      Peter Mitchell tells his class an anecdote about the two times he met cello legend Pablo Casals; this anecdote is a true incident that happened to another legendary cellist, the late Gregor Piatigorsky. This anecdote is paraphrased from Piatigorsky's autobiography, "Cellist".
    • Goofs
      When Daniel explains to Alexandra how the smallest difference in horse hair can change the timbre of the violin, he pronounces it tim-ber instead of the correct pronunciation, TAM-ber.
    • Quotes

      [first lines]

      Peter Mitchell: Time present and time past are both perhaps present in time future, and time future contained in time past. If all time is eternally present, all time is unredeemable. Or say that the end precedes the beginning, and the end and the beginning were always there before the beginning and after the end. And all is always now.

    • Connections
      Featured in Maltin on Movies: Skyfall (2012)
    • Soundtracks
      String Quartet No. 14 in C# Minor, Op. 131
      Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performed by Brentano String Quartet (as The Brentano String Quartet)

      Courtesy of AEON Recordings, a label of Outhere SA, Brussels, Belgium

    User reviews87

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    Top review
    8/10
    The powerful dynamics within a quartet
    I was expecting "A Late Quartet" to rely on heady themes of classical musical. Before going into it, I did at least learn some of the emotions that are involved in Beethoven's Opus 131, and interestingly, that was probably enough. I still believe that music fans will get a lot out of it, but it's meant for fans of relationship dramas where the slightest word or indiscretion can do a number on the players' psyches.

    The quartet is made up of cellist Peter (Christopher Walken), first violinist Daniel (Mark Ivanir), second violinist Robert (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and Juliette (Catherine Keener) on the viola. Peter has just developed Parkinson's disease and is contemplating leaving the quartet. He's the oldest and the de-facto/emotional leader of the group and he's the only one that seems to have matured past the maturity level of a teenager. That's an insult to the other characters, but it works to the benefit of the film.

    Daniel as the first violinist is the musical leader. They look to him for which direction their quartet should go musically. Which leaves us with Robert and Juliette, a married couple. Robert has the ego of a leader and Juliette has the determination of a leader. Their emotional instability is set to wreak havoc on the success of the quartet as well as on the life of their daughter Alexandra (Imogen Poots). There are affairs aplenty, passive aggressive snideness, violent outbursts of rage, and so many questionable decisions – on everybody's part. Daniel may be the leader, but depending where your sympathies lie he might also be the worst offender.

    Above all else, "A Late Quartet" is an actor's film. Powerhouse performances from Hoffman and Ivanir; a fantastic powerful and sympathetic performance by Poots; and an emotionally strong performance by Keener. And somehow Walken fit in nicely in the more subtle and low- key role. Hoffman is funny when Robert's being passive aggressive, scary when he's mad, sympathetic when he's clueless, and incites our rage/passion when he's in the right. Keener manages to invoke the exact opposite responses through those emotions while Daniel walks the thin line between evil and sympathetic through all of his insidious and, at times, kindhearted moves.

    To like this film you will need to be able to get invested in all the relationship dynamics going on. But if you're a fan of any of the five principal actors, that should be pretty easy. I'm in love with Philip Seymour Hoffman and while I didn't think it was possible to top his career best performance in "The Master" (2012), he just may have done that here.
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    • Release date
      • November 23, 2012 (Canada)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Son Konser
    • Filming locations
      • Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Opening Night Productions
      • Concept Entertainment
      • Unison Films
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $1,562,548
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $75,279
      • Nov 4, 2012
    • Gross worldwide
      • $6,303,709
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 45 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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