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Diva

World Cinema Classics • 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.

Tags
Opera
Cast
Frédéric Andrëi Jules
Roland Bertin Simon Weinstadt
Richard Bohringer Gorodish
Gérard Darmon Spic
Chantal Deruaz Nadia Kalonsky
Crew
Jean-Jacques Beineix director

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