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A Late Quartet (DVD)

July 28, 2013 By Adrian Naik Leave a Comment

Starring: Catherine Keener, Christopher Walken, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Mark Ivanir
Director: Yaron Zilberman
Running Time: 105 mins
Certificate: 15
Release Date: July 29th 2013

The world famous Fugue Quartet has reformed a year after cellist Peter’s wife passed away. Determined to play Beethoven’s notoriously challenging Opus 131, the aging Peter (Walken) is now facing retirement due to the early onset of Parkinson’s, while second violinist Robert (Hoffman) and his wife, violist Juliette (Keener), have reached a breaking point in their relationship. All the while the cold first violin, Daniel (Ivanir), refuses to accept that the people in his quartet are struggling to survive together. Can the quartet keep it together for one last grand farewell to Peter? [Read more…]

A Late Quartet Trailer – Philip Seymour Hoffman and Christopher Walken get musical

September 11, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Quartet seems to be the title of the moment, as that’s the name of Dustin Hoffman’s directorial debut, and there’s also A Late Quartet, which has just debuted its first trailer. The film follows four members of a world-renowned string quartet who struggle to stay together in the face of death, competing egos and insuppressible lust. Christopher Walken is a man dealing with a Parkinson’s diagnosis, Philip Seymour Hoffman wants to move forward with his career, while Imogen Poots has issues with her mother (Catherine Keener).

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ACTORS: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christopher Walken, Christopher Kelham DIRECTORS: Yaron Zilberman FILMS: A Late Quartet