The Violin Teacher – 4PM

Screening:
Wednesday, November 2, 2016 – 4:00 pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop Street West, Barrie
Tickets: Adults $10, Seniors/Students $8 (prices include HST)
Tickets available online or at Uptown Theatre box office

Directed by: Sérgio Machado
Principle Cast: Lázaro Ramos, Kaique De Jesus, Elzio Vieira
Drama/Music, 14A for coarse language, crude content and violence, Portuguese with English subtitles, 100 min. (Brazil)

 

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After failing to be admitted into the renowned São Paulo Symphonic Orchestra, Laerte, a talented violinist, is forced to give music classes to teenagers in a public school in Heliopolis, the biggest favela of Brazil. His path is full of difficulties but the transforming power of music and the friendship arising between the professor and his students open the doors into a new world. Based on a true story.

Awards:

Won, Audience Award, Sao Paulou International Film Festival, 2015
Nominated, Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Original Music, Cinema Brazil, 2016
Nominated, Nueva Vision Award, Santa Barbara International Film Festival, 2016

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