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The Violinist (2009)
The story of a beautiful young Russian violin virtuoso who arrives in New York in nineteen-thirteen and quickly falls in love with a demimondain, who introduces her to the speakeasies, opium dens, and dark places of the City. Rebecca's experiences with opium intertwine with her obsession for the stranger until she cannot separate one passion from the other. This leads her inexorably to a terrible fall from grace and an indeterminate future. [Overview courtesy of IMDB]
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The story of a beautiful young Russian violin virtuoso who arrives in New York in nineteen-thirteen and quickly falls in love with a demimondain, who introduces her to the speakeasies, opium dens, and dark places of the City. Rebecca's experiences with opium intertwine with her obsession for the stranger until she cannot separate one passion from the other. This leads her inexorably to a terrible fall from grace and an indeterminate future. [Overview courtesy of IMDB]
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In Theaters:4/4/2009
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Runtime:44 minutes
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Greg Ainsworth
Back Room Denizen
Ariane Anthony
Dancer
Claude Arpels
Carnegie Hall Audience Member
Maude Arpels
Carnegie Hall Audience Member
Francesca Bartolini
Carnegie Hall Audience Member
Brigette Blood
Carnegie Hall Audience Member
Lindsay Bloom
Carnegie Hall Audience Member/Spleen Club Attendee
Sissy Boyd
Back Room Denizen
Mark Bringelson
Back Room Denizen
Caitlin Brodnick
Backstage Attendee/Movie Theater Audience Member
Winsome Brown
The Spirit of Opium
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