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.
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| Wilhelmenia Fernandez | ... | Cynthia Hawkins (as Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez) | |
| Frédéric Andréi | ... | Jules | |
| Richard Bohringer | ... | Gorodish | |
| Thuy An Luu | ... | Alba | |
| Jacques Fabbri | ... | Commissaire Jean Saporta | |
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Chantal Deruaz | ... | Nadia |
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Anny Romand | ... | Paula |
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Roland Bertin | ... | Simon Weinstadt, l'imprésario |
| Gérard Darmon | ... | L' Antillais | |
| Dominique Pinon | ... | Le curé | |
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Jean-Jacques Moreau | ... | Krantz |
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Patrick Floersheim | ... | Zatopek |
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Raymond Aquilon | ... | Abdullah, le rasta |
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Eugène Berthier | ||
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Gérard Chaillou | ... | Mortier |
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A young opera-loving mailman, Jules, becomes inadvertently entangled in murder, when a young woman fleeing two mob hit men drops an incriminating cassette into his mailbag. Jules has just recently recorded opera star Cynthia Hawkins' latest concert, something of a coup as Hawkins refuses to make recordings of any kind. Soon Jules finds himself the target of the hit men, who want the voice recording, and also of another couple of ominous and mysterious agents. Written by garykmcd
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FranceRelease Date:
23 April 1982 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening Weekend USA:
$5,672, 4 November 2007, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
$108,372, 30 March 2008Company Credits
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Jules: It's the only recording.
Cynthia Hawkins: It was you?
Jules: It's yours. It's my gift to you. Forgive me.
Cynthia Hawkins: But... I've never heard myself sing!
Jules: Listen...
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Composed by Charles Gounod
Performed by Wilhelmenia Fernandez (as Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez)
© Copyright by Galaxie Musique 1981
Tous droits réservés
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This was the first film role for Wilhelmenia Fernandez. She was also featured in a television production of the opera La Bohème (1980). See more »Goofs
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. See more »Quotes
[Last Lines]Jules: It's the only recording.
Cynthia Hawkins: It was you?
Jules: It's yours. It's my gift to you. Forgive me.
Cynthia Hawkins: But... I've never heard myself sing!
Jules: Listen...
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The music continues for a minute and five seconds after the credits end. See more »Soundtracks
Ave MariaComposed by Charles Gounod
Performed by Wilhelmenia Fernandez (as Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez)
© Copyright by Galaxie Musique 1981
Tous droits réservés
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I saw Diva for the first time as a college student in a film class art theater marathon. I'd just finished the most boring excuse for a movie ever made (no offense to fans of "My Dinner with Andre") and went in to see Diva.
I was floored. The most beautiful example of "disastre deluxe" I've ever seen - everything is so rundown it's gorgeous. The music perfectly matches the whole film. The performances are not "realistic", but they are not meant to be.
This is obviously not a piece of cinema verite and shouldn't be reviewed as such. "Diva" is a 2 hour tour de force of cinema as experience. One of the finest films I've ever seen.