Music of the Heart

Oct 29, 1999

2h 4m

★ 6.7

She gave them a gift they could never imagine. They gave the system a fight it would never forget.

Overview

Story of a schoolteacher's struggle to teach violin to inner-city Harlem kids.

Genres

Drama

Music

Production Companies

Craven-Maddalena Films

Miramax

Music of the Heart Trailers

Cast

Roberta

Meryl Streep

Assunta

Cloris Leachman

Lexi at 5

Henry Dinhofer

Nick at 7

Michael Angarano

Supervisor

Robert Ari

Brian

Aidan Quinn

Taxi Driver

Teddy Coluca

Janet

Angela Bassett

Dennis

Josh Pais

Janet's Secretary

Barbara Gonzalez

DeSean at 11

Jade Yorker

Lucy at 10

Victoria Gómez

Parisian everyman Antoine Doinel has married his sweetheart Christine Darbon, and the newlyweds have set up a cozy domestic life of selling flowers and giving violin lessons while Antoine fitfully works on his long-gestating novel. As Christine becomes pregnant with the couple's first child, Antoine finds himself enraptured with a young Japanese beauty. The complications change the course of their relationship forever.

7.7

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8.4

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8.6

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6.3

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7.9

A Beautiful Mind

Dec 14, 2001

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7.3

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7.1

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7.2

Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress

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7.4

Erin Brockovich

Mar 17, 2000

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7.2

Monster

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An emotionally scarred highway drifter shoots a sadistic trick who rapes her, and ultimately becomes America's first female serial killer.

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0.0

Mr. Irrelevant

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The true story of John Tuggle, who was given the title after being the last pick of the last round of the 1983 NFL draft.

7.7

Manhattan

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7.6

The Last Emperor

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8.5

GoodFellas

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6.6

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7.5

Apollo 13

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