Directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix | France | 123 mins
French language film with English subtitles
Diva is the starting point of “Cinema Du Look.” It’s the film that invented a cinematic movement. Famed opera diva Wilhelmina Higgins refuses to have her voice recorded in any shape or form. When a devoted fan secretly records her lucrative voice, multiple parties in the underground Parisian crime world begin to vie to get their hands on the coveted recording.
With its careening chase through the Paris Metro (One of the great action sequences of the 80’s), eccentric, unique characters and locations that seem straight out of a surreal fashion advertisement, Diva is the match that lit the stick of dynamite in 80’s French cinema. Cesar award winner for Best First Film, Best Music and Best Cinematography.
Français: Diva est le point de départ du film «Cinéma Du Look» C’est le film qui a inventé un mouvement cinématographique. La célèbre diva d’opéra Wilhelmina Higgins refuse que sa voix soit enregistrée sous quelque forme que ce soit. Lorsqu’un fan dévoué enregistre secrètement sa voix lucrative, de multiples parties du monde clandestin parisien commencent à se disputer l’enregistrement tant de le voler.
Avec sa course folle dans le métro parisien (L’une des grandes séquences d’action des années 80), ses personnages excentriques et uniques et ses lieux qui semblent tout droit sortis d’une publicité mode surréaliste, Diva est le match qui a allumé le bâton de dynamite du cinéma français des années 80. Gagnant du César pour meilleur premier film, de la meilleure musique et de la meilleure photographie.
Written by Scott Lang. Translations by Guillaume Carlier & Ashraf Khoury.
Part of our Cinéma du Look Series.
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