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Diva (1981)
Director: Jean-Jacques Beineix
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From Time Out Film Guide
Marvellous amalgam of sadistic thriller and fairytale romance, drawing on a wild diversity of genres from film noir to Feuillade serial. The deliriously offhand plot, cheekily parodying Watergates and French Connections, has switched tapes setting a pair of psychopathic hoods on the trail of a young postal messenger, turning his obsessive dream - of romance with a beautiful black opera singer whose performance on stage he has secretly recorded - into a nightmare from which he is rescued by a timely deus-ex-machina (clearly a descendant of the great Judex). The most exciting debut in years, it is unified by the extraordinary decor - colour supplement chic meets pop art surrealism - which creates a world of totally fantastic reality situated four-square in contemporary Paris.Author: TM
Cast & crew
Director: Jean-Jacques Beineix
Cast: Frédéric Andréi, Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez, Thuy An Luu, Richard Bohringer, Dominique Pinon full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 123 mins
US Release: Apr 16 1982
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