The Red Violin (
French: 
Le Violon rouge, 
German: 
Die Rote Geige, 
Italian: 
Il Violino Rosso, 
Mandarin: 红提琴) is a 
Canadian film released on 
November 13, 
1998 (in the 
USA on 
June 11, 
1999). The film received an 
Academy Award for the 
Best Original Score (
John Corigliano), 8 
Genie Awards, 9 
Jutra Awards, a 
Golden Reel Award (for 
sound editing), and a 
Best Artistic Contribution Award from the 
Tokyo International Film Festival. The film is notable in that 
dialogue is spoken in the 
language appropriate to each 
setting, with 
subtitles. It was the first film since 
Grand Illusion (
1937), directed by 
Jean Renoir, to have dialogue in more than four languages (in this case five): 
Italian, 
German, 
French, 
Mandarin and 
English. While the film's title actually contains words in all five languages, it is generally known by either the English or the French portions.