Diva
1981 · Movie · R · 117 min · ★ 6.7 · 91% critics
A young Parisian postman secretly records an opera star who refuses to be recorded, then unexpectedly ends up carrying a second cassette that powerful people desperately want. As criminals and corrupt authorities close in, he scrambles across the city to protect what he has and stay alive.
Based on Diva
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Details
- Years
- 1981
- Release date
- 1981-03-11
- Language
- French
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Critic score
- 91/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (266 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a quirky, stylish French thriller where high art and street-level danger collide, with memorable music and cat-and-mouse tension; Not for you if you hate convoluted plots or dated creepiness; fans of The American Friend may click with it.
Pros: stylish Paris atmosphere; memorable opera music; tense chases | Cons: convoluted plot threads; uneven character depth; dated, uncomfortable elements
Themes
- paris, france
- mistake in person
- subway
- diva
- postman
- moped
- singer
- police corruption
- recording
- opera singer
- prostitution ring
Awards & recognition
- César Award — Best First Film · 1982
- International Submission to the Academy Awards · 1982 · nominated
Cast & crew
Frédéric Andréi
as Jules
Richard Bohringer
as Gorodish
Roland Bertin
as Weinstadt
Wilhelmenia Fernandez
as Cynthia Hawkins
Thuy An Luu
as Alba
Chantal Deruaz
as Nadia
Anny Romand
as Paula
Dominique Pinon
as Le curé
Brigitte Lahaie
as La fille dont la jupe s'envole
Gérard Darmon
as L'Antillais
Directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix