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Quartet: Directed by Dustin Hoffman. With Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, Billy Connolly, Pauline Collins. At a home for retired musicians, the annual concert to celebrate Composer Giuseppe Verdi's birthday is disrupted by the arrival of Jean (Dame Maggie Smith), an eternal diva and the former wife of one of the residents.
Once-popular opera diva Jean Horton (Maggie Smith) creates a stir with her arrival at Beecham House, a home for retired performers. No one feels the...
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To save their posh retirement home, former opera stars plan a gala recital — until the biggest diva among them refuses to sing. Watch trailers & learn more.
Summaries. At a home for retired musicians, the annual concert to celebrate Composer Giuseppe Verdi's birthday is disrupted by the arrival of Jean (Dame Maggie Smith), an eternal diva and the former wife of one of the residents. Cissy (Pauline Collins), Reggie (Sir Tom Courtenay), and Wilf (Sir Billy Connolly) are in a home for retired musicians.
Quartet. BAFTA FILM AWARD® nominee. In bohemian 1920s Paris, young writer Marya finds herself destitute when her art dealer husband Stephan is imprisoned. Rich art patron Heidler and his artist wife Lois offer to take Marya in for the duration of Stephan’s sentence. Heidler soon seduces Marya—and Lois painfully accepts his infidelity. 51.
IN THEATRES JANUARY 18, 2013!The directorial debut of Dustin Hoffman, QUARTET is a high-drama comedy about temperamental divas and old grudges, passion and p...
Jan 10, 2013 · Overview. Cissy, Reggie, and Wilf are in a home for retired musicians. Every year, there is a concert to celebrate Composer Giuseppe Verdi's birthday and they take part. Jean, who used to be married to Reggie, arrives at the home and disrupts their equilibrium. She still acts like a diva, but she refuses to sing.
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Dec 28, 2012 · Quartet tells the story of the men and women who live in a retirement home for old musicians and are preparing for an annual concert to celebrate Verdi's birthday.
