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 Alfredo Catalani
Performed by Wilhelmenia Fernandez (as Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez)
© Copyright by Galaxie Musique 1981
Tous droits réservés
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During the metro chase, close-ups of Jules shows the collar of a white tee-shirt underneath his buttoned-up shirt. However, in both previous and following scenes, he is without the tee-shirt. 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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L'air de la 'La Wally'Composed by Alfredo Catalani
Performed by Wilhelmenia Fernandez (as Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez)
© Copyright by Galaxie Musique 1981
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This film isn't about piracy, prostitution, blackmail or even murder- although it has loads of all that. At its heart, Diva is about music- no, not the loud jarring sort but the kind that occupies the space between silences.
And we don't just listen to it; what is more, we actually see this music: in the eerie emptiness of Diva's cinematography; in the uncluttered labyrinth of Parisian urban lofts; on an enchanted castle by the sea; in the surprisingly meaningful relationships between strangers; and in the wild applause of an empty opera house.
Beineix's weaves a world that is, for lack of a better word, hypnotic. And we, his viewers, simply drift through it.