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Romanian director wins two French Oscars

Romanian Times

"The Concert" by Romanian-born French film director and screenwriter Radu Mihaileanu was awarded a César for best sound and best musical score in a ceremony that took place Saturday at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris.

The film's winning musical score was composed by Armand Amar. "The Concert" received six nominations at the César Awards, including one for best film.

Mihaileanu was also nominated for the French film awards in 1999 for the screenplay of "Train of Life", and in 2006 the Romanian-born director won a César for best original screenplay for "Live and Become".

The César Awards are the French equivalent of the Oscars.

The dramatic comedy "The Concert", which had its Romanian premiere on in November, revolves around Andrei Filipov, conductor of the Bolshoi Theater orchestra and the greatest conductor in the Soviet Union, fired at the peak of his career because he refused to part ways with his Jewish musicians.

Thirty years later, Filipov is still working at the Bolshoi Theater but as a janitor, when, while cleaning the office of the director one night, he steals a fax saying that the Russian orchestra had been invited to play in Paris at famous Pleyel hall.

He then calls his former colleagues, and they decide to pass themselves off as members of the Bolshoi Orchestra.

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