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300 years of a remarkable musical instrument. Crafted by the Italian master Bussotti (Cecchi) in 1681, the red violin has traveled through Austria, England, China, and Canada, leaving both beauty and tragedy in its wake. In Montreal, Samuel L Jackson plays an appraiser going over its complex history.
In the early 1980s, Edward Luyken had his own studio on the Lijnbaansgracht in Amsterdam. He also lived in the studio. In Celvast, diary images from that period are combined with shots of performances.
The film begins with negative images of the destruction or etching plates. In the following scenes, we see images of construction workers, (dance) performances, and the daily life of Luyken. Along the way we see positive colored images that include a performance by Paul Koek in the Amsterdam theater Felix Meritis.
