QUARTET
synopsis
Beecham House is a retirement home for singers and musicians hidden deep in the English countryside. Every year, a large performance is prepared in honour of Giuseppe Verdi’s birth. All artists residing in the house return to the stage to raise money to keep Beecham going. As preparations get under way, capricious performers are reborn. Some feel faint, some secretly have a drink and others refuse to sing altogether. Adding to the confusion, a new retiree penetrates the Beecham circle: lyrical diva Jean Horton, who is reunited with the other components of her legendary quartet Reggie, Wilf and Cissy. Reggie is her ex-husband, and the quartet disintegrated at the same time as their marriage.
international title: | Quartet |
original title: | Quartet |
country: | United Kingdom |
sales agent: | HanWay Films |
year: | 2012 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Dustin Hoffman |
film run: | 102' |
release date: | UK 01/01/2013, IE 04/01/2013, DE 24/01/2013, HU 24/01/2013, IT 24/01/2013, SE 01/02/2013, PL 14/02/2013, IS 15/02/2013, PT 21/02/2013, DK 28/02/2013, FI 22/03/2013, FR 03/04/2013, NL 09/05/2013, BE 22/05/2013 |
screenplay: | Ronald Harwood |
cast: | Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, Billy Connolly, Pauline Collins, Michael Gambon, Sheridan Smith, Andrew Sachs, Dame Gwyneth Jones, Trevor Peacock, David Ryall, Luke Newberry |
cinematography by: | John de Borman |
film editing: | Barney Pilling |
music: | Dario Marianelli |
producer: | Finola Dwyer, Stewart Mackinnon |
production: | Finola Dwyer Productions, Headline Pictures |
distributor: | Momentum Pictures, Pyramide Distribution, BIM Distribuzione, A-Film Distribution, A-Film België NV, Best Film, SF Studios Denmark, DCM Film Distribution GmbH |