German director Werner Schroeter invited his favourite opera singers to a 13th century abbey near Paris. LOVES DEBRIS didnt have, and couldn't have had, any pre-planned action. There was no...
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Title: Poussières d'amour - Abfallprodukte der Liebe (1996)
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Anita Cerquetti | ... | Soprano |
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Martha Mödl | ... | Dramatic Soprano |
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Rita Gorr | ... | Mezzo-Soprano |
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Kristine Ciesinski | ... | Soprano |
| Katherine Ciesinski | ... | Mezzo-Soprano | |
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Laurence Dale | ... | Tenor |
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Jenny Drivala | ... | Soprano |
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Sergej Larin | ... | Tenor (as Serguei Larin) |
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Gail Gilmore | ... | Soprano |
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Trudeliese Schmidt | ... | Mezzo-Soprano |
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Elisabeth Cooper | ... | Pianist |
| Isabelle Huppert | ... | Interviewer | |
| Carole Bouquet | ... | Interviewer | |
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Stéphane Arnaud | ||
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Marie-Stéphane Bernard | ... | Soprano |
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German director Werner Schroeter invited his favourite opera singers to a 13th century abbey near Paris. LOVES DEBRIS didnt have, and couldn't have had, any pre-planned action. There was no script, no continuity. On the other hand, there were precise constraints that provided the rules of the game: the setting, the Abbey of Royaumont, and the chosen participants. Each singer came accompanied by a person of his or her choice, and worked on an aria chosen by the director. And there was ELISABETH COOPER, a "one-woman orchestra", who transposed and played the scores on the piano and organ. Written by LF
This film is a montage of images of new opera stagings, of remembrances, of discussions, and of the creative impulse behind what makes a singer sing. It's also a very German film, shot partly on location in a French Abbey, with American singers, Italian, French, and German singers, and a good deal of whimsy.
If you like opera, or even if you don't, it's a terrific film.