A Late Quartet

A celebrated string quartet are torn apart when the eldest member is diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in this riveting drama. Meanwhile, two married bandmates consider separating, while the fourth member has an affair with the couple’s young daughter., A Late Quartet, the first fiction film from director Yaron Zilberman, follows the lives of four longtime colleagues who play in a celebrated string quartet together. As the group begin their 25th season together, the eldest member (Christopher Walken) discovers he has the beginning stage of Parkinson’s disease. Because he can’t perform to the best of his abilities, he would like to bow out of the quartet without disbanding it. However, a married couple within the group (Philip Seymour Hoffman and Catherine Keener) are on the brink of breaking up, and their rocky period isn’t helped by the fact that the fourth member has begun an affair with their college-age daughter. A Late Quartet screened at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival., A celebrated string quartet are torn apart when the eldest member is diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Meanwhile, two married bandmates consider separating, while the fourth member has an affair with the couple’s young daughter.