Farinelli is the artistic name of Carlo Broschi, a young singer in Handel's time. He was castrated in his childhood in order to preserve his voice. During his life he becomes a very famous ...
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| Stefano Dionisi | ... | Carlo Broschi (Farinelli) | |
| Enrico Lo Verso | ... | Riccardo Broschi | |
| Elsa Zylberstein | ... | Alexandra | |
| Caroline Cellier | ... | Margareth Hunter | |
| Marianne Basler | ... | Countess Mauer | |
| Jacques Boudet | ... | Felipe V | |
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Graham Valentine | ... | Prince of Wales |
| Pier Paolo Capponi | ... | Broschi | |
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Renaud du Peloux de Saint Romain | ... | Benedict Hunter |
| Delphine Zentout | ... | Young admirer | |
| Omero Antonutti | ... | Nicola Porpora | |
| Jeroen Krabbé | ... | Georg Friedrich Händel | |
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Richard Reeves | ||
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Jonathan Fox | ||
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Jo Betzing | ... | (as Josef Betzing) |
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Farinelli is the artistic name of Carlo Broschi, a young singer in Handel's time. He was castrated in his childhood in order to preserve his voice. During his life he becomes a very famous opera singer, managed by his mediocre brother (Riccardo). Written by Michel Rudoy <mdrc@hp9000a1.uam.mx>
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The bawdy adventures of Carlo Broschi. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for depiction of adult themes and sexuality | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Release Date:
17 March 1995 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Gross USA:
$1,573,411Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$1,600,226Company Credits
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Belgium's official submission to the Best Foreign Language Film category for the 67th Academy Awards. See more »Goofs
LIGHTING. In scenes that show stage lights and chandeliers, the focus on them is softened, but it can still be seen that the "lamps" and "candles" are in fact far too steady, and too smokeless, to be or to contain live flame. Gaslight was not brought into theatres until just after 1800 (in England), and limelight -- with real quicklime -- around 1820. Also, some outdoor lighting -- outside palaces, etc. -- is obviously too bright, blue- or green-shaded, smokeless, and sharp-edged to come from a bonfire. See more »Connections
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I know I'm being sort of anal by mentioning this, but this movie, as beautiful and enchanting as it is, has many inaccuracies.
Farinelli, in addition to his handsome features and heavenly voice, was also a very humble person and hardly displayed the raucous behavior of a "rock star" as depicted in the film.
Second, the singer was known as disinterested in sex, thus I have no idea why the sex scenes in the film were included. True, there WERE castrati who did engage in pleasures of the flesh, but Farinelli was NOT one of them, or at least there are no historical records suggesting so.
All that aside, this movie was a lavishly done production and a must-see!