Production :
LES PRODUCTIONS DU TRÉSOR, OÏ OÏ OÏ PRODUCTIONS, FRANCE 3 CINEMA, CASTEL FILMS, PANACHE PRODUCTIONS, RTBF (Télévision belge),BIM DISTRIBUZIONE, EUROPACORP.
The film's premise centers on a former conductor of the Bolshoi Orchestra who, during the communist era, was sacked when he refused to fire the Jewish players.
Still working in the orchestra's theatre as a janitor, he stumbles upon a faxed invitation for the Orchestra to play in Paris and decides to gather up his old musician buddies and go to Paris