i can not say enough good thing about this movie masterpiece . like the film the messenger represent the story of joan of arc and the red violin contain the rare mixture of drama and music and mystery or suspense and a great cast all the way around and good attention to detail and a good end and and a cohesive tale that tell a story over a lengthy period of time . the different time epoch and culture display in the movie be all do with quality and and i enjoy the different language ( english and italian and french and german and chinese ) and subtitle during the course of this film ( i speak some of all of these tongue except chinese ) . an appreciation of violin music also develop in me a the movie continue and as well a that of violin player and the history of the instrument . i even be consider give the instrument a go at it . a some of the viewer have comment and i also be appal that the red violin do not receive an oscar nomination for best picture or best producer or best director . this film be truly a masterpiece that should linger in the memory of any appreciative person lucky enough to discover this under publicize film . what a tremendous oversight by whoever claim to recognize work of art at the academy . positive .