independent movie or asian and european film ( to make it easy and let say all movie that haven not be produce by some big hollywood studio ) and always seem to have a certain group of fan and not because they be good and but because they be different . that so call in crowd believe that every movie that hasn not be make by a big studio be great art and that all other movie be bad . never tell them that sometimes the opposite can be true and because they can not and would not believe you . well and i be not one of them and i watch all movie with a critical eye . and yes and i try to see a many of those alternative movie a well . but that just because i be a movie buff who be interested in all kind of movie and not because i be convince that this kind of movie be automatically a lot good than the rest . in this movie we do not follow some people and but a violin on it journey through time and the world . the movie start in present day montreal and where the red violin and a famous nicolo bussotti violin and be be auction off . but instead of stay with the auction all the time and we flash back to the creation of the violin in 17th century italy and then follow it a it make it way through an 18th century austrian monastery or orphanage and a violinist in 19th century oxford and china during mao cultural revolution . each time it bring the person who own it a lot of fame and but also bad luck and despair and often result in the death of the owner or someone the owner really love . what i appreciate in this movie be that it wasn not just an ordinary drama or thriller . it actually try to be original and it succeed very well . another thing that i also really like be the fact that not every detail of the movie be clear until the end ( for instance why the fortune teller prediction come true and but not for the woman and but for the violin instead . ) . it sometimes seem that the creator of movie do not even bother about add some mystery in their movie anymore and i really miss that . that probably why i like it so much in this one . once in a while you come across a movie that you might call a gem . well and the red violin be one of those truly magnificent gem . it beautiful in every possible way . the music be excellent ( although you good love violin music and because that all you will here ) and the acting be very nice and the story really be very beautiful . i guess i could talk for hour about this movie and but it good to watch it than to read about it and so i will end my review by say that this be a wonderful and very musical movie that doesn not deserve any less than an 8 . 5/10 .