Basileus Quartet

The Basileus Quartet has performed together for over three decades at the cost of ignoring other aspects of life. When one of the group's members dies suddenly the others re-evaluate their lives. Later a young musician tries to get the group back together. ==Cast==

• Héctor Alterio as Alvaro • Omero Antonutti as Diego • Pierre Malet as Edo • François Simon as Oscar Guarneri • Michel Vitold as Guglielmo • Alain Cuny as Finkel • Gabriele Ferzetti as Mario Cantone • Véronique Genest as Sophia • Lisa Kreuzer as Lotte • Mimsy Farmer as Miss Permamint • Rada Rassimov as Madame Finkal • Alessandro Haber ==Accolades==

The film was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film of 1984 by the U.S. National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. ==Critical reception==

The New York Times, "Without ever forcing things, Basileus Quartet works so sweetly that, though it is completely conventional, it's almost exotic." ==See also==