A red-colored violin inspires passion, making its way through three centuries over several owners and countries, eventually ending up at an auction where it may find a new owner. There may be two version of this movie - the one we rented had two sex scenes, both with frontal female nudity. With Carlo Cecchi, Jean-Luc Bideau, Christoph Koncz, Jason Flemyng. There is a kind of ideal beauty that reduces us all to yearning for perfection.
It inspires lust, envy, passion, compulsiveness, and adoration. Parents Guide: The Red Violin (1998) ... Brief male nudity on two occasions (none sexual) . It traces the story of a violin ("the single most perfect acoustical machine I've ever seen,'' says a restorer) from its maker in 17th century Italy to an auction room in modern Montreal. "The Red Violin'' is about that yearning.

The violin is the main "character" and is followed over centuries by all the hands it falls into. There is a very clever twist at the end of the movie and one is left to wonder what the continuing journey of the red violin will be. Director Francois Girard has a favorite scene in his new film, “The Red Violin.” He calls it the Octopus, though few casual moviegoers could ever figure out why. Directed by François Girard. A short scene (30 - 45 seconds) as a couple is about to have sex. The Red Violin tells the extraordinary history of an instrument, which is described as being “acoustically perfect.” The film begins with an auction of a large collection of rare instruments (featuring Colm Feore, the sublime star of Gerard’s acclaimed recent masterpiece 32 … A must-see for music lovers. They kiss passionately and start to undress, but they are interrupted.