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Diva
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Overview

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Writers:
Daniel Odier (novel)
Jean-Jacques Beineix (adaptation) ...
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Release Date:
23 April 1982 (USA) more
Tagline:
A Comedy. A Thriller. A Romance.
Plot:
Two tapes, two Parisian mob killers, one corrupt policeman, an opera fan, a teenage thief, and the coolest philosopher ever filmed. All these characters twist their way through an intricate and stylish French language thriller. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 6 wins & 5 nominations more
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(5 articles)
DVD Playhouse--July 2009
 (From The Hollywood Interview. 6 July 2009, 11:32 PM, PDT)

"4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days" and "Diva"
 (From IFC. 17 June 2008, 7:03 AM, PDT)

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Additional Details

Runtime:
France:117 min | USA:123 min
Country:
France
Language:
French | English
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

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Trivia:
The producers were looking for an actress who fit the description of Cynthia Hawkins (the Diva) in the original novel -- a beautiful black American woman who sings a flawless operatic soprano, and speaks both English and French fluently. They attended a performance of Carmen to familiarize themselves with opera performers. Wilhelmenia Fernandez was playing the title role the night they attended the opera. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Nadia is just exiting the metro station and runs into Jules, he is wearing his postman's cap. Later, in the police station when Paula is recounting Nadia's death, the same scene is replayed, except this time Jules is not wearing his cap. more
Quotes:
Jules: Where are we?
Alba: In a castle.
Jules: What castle?
Alba: Where the witch makes poisoned red apples to advertise the toothpaste movie stars use.
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Movie Connections:
References Les enfants du paradis (1945) more
Soundtrack:
L'air de la 'La Wally' more

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27 out of 28 people found the following comment useful:-
Best movie ever about bootlegging concerts, 30 May 2003
Author: McGonigle from bean world, massachusetts

Diva is a movie that seems just as stunning and unique to me today as it did when I first saw it 20 years ago. One of those movies that you will remember forever.

On the surface, it's an exercise in pure style, combining exciting, "hip" visuals with great music (opera as well as some great atmospheric incidental music). But there are hundreds of movies like that. What makes Diva so memorable to me is the way it combines this stylish cinematic eye candy with a suspenseful plot, good acting, a touch of romance and sex, and even a smattering of philosophy (as the title character explains her reasons for not allowing her voice to be recorded, not to mention the immortal bread-buttering scene).

It sounds like a recipe for a boring, highly stylized "European" movie, but this is a film where the excitement never flags for a minute. One of the true gems of 80s cinema. As a friend said "If you wanted to be hip in the 80s, you had to have seen 'Liquid Sky', 'Repo Man' and 'Diva'". But even today, you should see it just because it's a great movie.

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