#LateNightCinema #classic Watching “Diva”, a 1981 Classic French thriller film directed
#LateNightCinema #classic Watching “Diva”, a 1981 Classic French thriller film directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix, adapted from the novel Diva by Daniel Odier (under the pseudonym Delacorta). It is one of the early French films to let go of the realist mood of 1970s French cinema and return to a colourful, melodic style, later described as cinéma du look. Plot: A young mail carrier, Jules (Frederic Andrei), becomes entranced with the voice of American diva Cynthia Hawkins (Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez). She doesn’t believe in being recorded, but Jules secretly records her singing on a tape. His recording gets mixed up with another tape that incriminates a police chief, who is working with the mob. Jules quickly becomes the target of mob gangsters, and he must find a way to get himself out of the situation alive. The film made a successful debut in France in 1981 with 2,281,569 admissions, and had success in the U.S. the next year, grossing $2,678,103. The film became a cult classic and was internationally acclaimed. #cinema #film #classic #opera https://www.instagram.com/p/CeA2sWBuMsl/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI= -- source link
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