Overview:
Jules, a young Parisian postman, secretly records a concert performance given by the opera singer Cynthia Hawkins, whom he idolises. The following day, Jules runs into a woman who is being pursued by armed thugs. Before she is killed, the woman slips an audio cassette into his mail bag...| Status: | Released (1981-03-11) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award8 wins & 9 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $183,425 |
| Screen: | Daniel Odier, Jean-Jacques Beineix, Jean Van Hamme |
| Productions: | France 2, Greenwich Film Production, Les Films Galaxie |
| Production Countries: | France |
| Spoken Languages: | English, Français, Italiano |
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Casts
- 38514: Frédéric Andréi - Jules
- 1977: Richard Bohringer - Gorodish
- 23735: Roland Bertin - Weinstadt
- 38515: Wilhelmenia Fernandez - Cynthia Hawkins
- 1478039: Thuy An Luu - Alba
- 38502: Chantal Deruaz - Nadia
- 235658: Anny Romand - Paula
Crews
- 37454: Jean Van Hamme - Screenplay - Writing
- 37456: Serge Silberman - Producer - Production
- 1965: Vladimir Cosma - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 35846: Hilton McConnico - Production Design - Art
- 37458: Monique Prim - Editor - Editing
- 37455: Irène Silberman - Producer - Production
- 1663: Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte - Editor - Editing
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This was outstanding. Opera could very much be a metaphor for film to me, and the great way that opera dominates the life of addict Jules here could easily apply to me in my approach to film, and ANY remarkable actress of today. For example, if I could travel back in time, I would ....
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Despite the ridiculous premise, namely the idea of Taiwanese gangster trying to get a hold of a bootleg recording of an opera singer (to blackmail her to signing a contract with them), the movie is better than I thought it would be going in. There are a couple big downsides that k ....
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**A very experimental film in terms of visuals and aesthetics, but one that disappoints us due to the poor conception of the characters and the lack of harmonization of the plot.** This film harmoniously brings together two arts that I greatly value: cinema, of course, and opera, ....
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