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Release Date:
23 April 1982 (USA)
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A Comedy. A Thriller. A Romance.
Plot:
Two tapes, two Parisian mob killers, one corrupt policeman, an opera fan, a teenage thief, and the coolest philosopher ever filmed. All these characters twist their way through an intricate and stylish French language thriller. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for BAFTA Film Award.
Another 6 wins
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5 nominations
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Best movie ever about bootlegging concerts
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Wilhelmenia Fernandez | ... | Cynthia Hawkins (as Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez) |
| Frédéric Andréi | ... | Jules |
| Richard Bohringer | ... | Gorodish |
| Thuy An Luu | ... | Alba |
| Jacques Fabbri | ... | Jean Saporta |
| Chantal Deruaz | ... | Nadia |
| Anny Romand | ... | Paula |
| Roland Bertin | ... | Weinstadt |
| Gérard Darmon | ... | L' Antillais |
| Dominique Pinon | ... | Le curé |
| Jean-Jacques Moreau | ... | Krantz |
| Patrick Floersheim | ... | Zatopek |
| Raymond Aquilon | ||
| Eugène Berthier | ||
| Gérard Chaillou |
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Runtime:
France:117 min | USA:123 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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1.66 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:16 |
South Korea:15 (1995) |
Australia:M |
Finland:K-16 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15 |
USA:R |
West Germany:12 |
Singapore:PG
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This was the first film role for Wilhelmenia Fernandez. She was also featured in a television production of the opera La Bohème (1980) (TV).
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Continuity: During the metro chase, close-ups of Jules shows the collar of a white tee-shirt underneath his buttoned-up shirt. However, in both previous and following scenes, he is without the tee-shirt.
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Referenced in Le grand bleu (1988)
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L'air de la 'La Wally'
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Diva is a movie that seems just as stunning and unique to me today as it did when I first saw it 20 years ago. One of those movies that you will remember forever.
On the surface, it's an exercise in pure style, combining exciting, "hip" visuals with great music (opera as well as some great atmospheric incidental music). But there are hundreds of movies like that. What makes Diva so memorable to me is the way it combines this stylish cinematic eye candy with a suspenseful plot, good acting, a touch of romance and sex, and even a smattering of philosophy (as the title character explains her reasons for not allowing her voice to be recorded, not to mention the immortal bread-buttering scene).
It sounds like a recipe for a boring, highly stylized "European" movie, but this is a film where the excitement never flags for a minute. One of the true gems of 80s cinema. As a friend said "If you wanted to be hip in the 80s, you had to have seen 'Liquid Sky', 'Repo Man' and 'Diva'". But even today, you should see it just because it's a great movie.