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World Cinema Classics
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Crime, Music, Thriller, R, 11-Mar-1981
Stylish first feature from Jean-Jacques Beineix (Betty Blue) about a young Parisian postal worker (Frédéric Andréi) who secretly makes a bootleg recording of his favourite opera singer (Wilhelmenia Fernandez) performing. But the recording draws the attention of dangerous criminals as he becomes entangled in a complex web involving gangsters, corrupt police and political intrigue.
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