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    Movie

    1981     Psychological thriller    
    2h 3min
    Original lang.French
    CountryFrance
    R
    G
    Guide for parents:   Rated R in the USA.
    Guide for parents:   Rated R in the USA.
    Guide for parents:   Rated R in the USA.
    Guide for parents:   Rated R in the USA.
    Guide for parents:   Rated R in the USA.
    Guide for parents:   Rated R in the USA.
    Guide for parents:   Rated R in the USA.

    A famous black opera singer (Wilhelmina Wiggins-Fernandez) who steadfastly refuses to be recorded. The singer is idolized by young French mail-carrier Jules (Frederic Andrei), who sneaks a tape recorder into the theater and records her performance. This is witnessed by a pair of Taiwanese criminals, who unlike Andrei wish to profit from the bootlegged recording. They begin to pursue the boy, as do a couple of home-grown hooligans who believe that Jules is in possession of some murder evidence. The serpentine plot leads to a warm friendship between Jules and the reclusive diva - and to a brilliantly photographed (by Philipe Rousselot) motorcycle chase through the subway tunnels of Paris.

    Directed byJean-Jacques Beineix
    Written byJean-Jacques Beineix, Jean Van Hamme
    CompanyUnited Artists ClassicsUnited Artists ClassicsUnited Artists Classics

    Starring

    Gérard Darmon
    Dominique Pinon
    Wilhelmenia Fernandez
    Frédéric Andréi
    Richard Bohringer
    Thuy An Luu
    Jacques Fabbri
    Chantal Deruaz
    Anny Romand
    Roland Bertin
    Jean-Jacques Moreau
    Patrick Floersheim
    Raymond Aquilon
    Eugène Berthier
    Gérard Chaillou
    Andrée Champeaux
    Nathalie Dalyan
    Laurence Darpy
    Michel Debrane
    Etienne Draber
    Laure Duthilleul
    Nane Germon
    Gabriel Gobin
    Jim Adhi Limas
    Louise Malapert

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