A Late Quartet (2012)

Directed by Yaron Zilberman · Music, Drama

Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Mark Ivanir, Catherine Keener, Imogen Poots, Christopher Walken, Liraz Charhi, Madhur Jaffrey, Anne Sofie von Otter, Wallace Shawn, Pamela Quinn, Brooklyn Parkinson Group, Cristian Puig, Rebeca Tomas, Megan McQuillan, David Redden, Ted Hartley, Stephen Payne, Alyssa Lewis, Attacca String Quartet, Luke Fleming, Andrew Yee, Amy Schroeder, Nina Lee

IHBM8.5Excellent

When the beloved cellist of a world-renowned string quartet is diagnosed with a life threatening illness, the groups future suddenly hangs in the balance as suppressed emotions, competing egos and uncontrollable passions threaten to derail years of friendship and collaboration. As they are about to play their 25th anniversary concert quite possibly their last only their intimate bond and the power of music can preserve their legacy.

My review · Reviewed 06/15/2018

This film was really a pleasant surprise and I don't know why it should have been. The cast is of course fantastic and they are as good as they expect them to be. Argh how I miss Hoffman. In a way this film reminded me of his fantastic film Doubt in that it very much reminds me of a play.