Bel Canto
2018 · Movie · 100 min · ★ 5.5 · 48% critics
After an opera performance at a lavish party in South America, armed rebels seize the mansion and take the guests hostage. As the standoff stretches on, fear, music, and shared routines begin to blur the lines between captors and captives.
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Details
- Years
- 2018
- Release date
- 2018-09-13
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 48/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.5/10 (138 votes)
About
You may like this if you’re open to a slow, reflective hostage drama that focuses more on human connection than action; Not for you if you want realism, urgency, or a fast-moving thriller.
Pros: thoughtful themes; emotional moments; steady tension | Cons: very slow pace; implausible relationships; uneven performances
Cast & crew
Julianne Moore
as Roxanne Cross
Ken Watanabe
as Katsumi Hosokawa
Sebastian Koch
as Messner
Ryo Kase
as Gen
Tenoch Huerta Mejía
as Comandante Benjamin ( Benjas)
Noé Hernández
as Comandante Alfredo
Johnny Ortiz
as Gilbert
María Mercedes Coroy
as Carmen
Eddie Martinez
as Ruben Ochoa
Christopher Lambert
as Simon Thibault
Directed by Paul Weitz