Jules
Search results
Diva is a 1981 French thriller film directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix, adapted from the novel Diva by Daniel Odier. It eschewed the realist mood of the 1970s French cinema and instead adopted a colourful, melodic style, later described as cinéma du look.
Apr 23, 1982 · With Frédéric Andréi, Roland Bertin, Richard Bohringer, Gérard Darmon. Two tapes, two Parisian mob killers, one corrupt policeman, an opera fan, a teenage thief, and the coolest philosopher ever filmed all twist their way through an intricate and stylish French-language thriller.
- (14K)
- Crime, Music, Thriller
- Jean-Jacques Beineix
- 1982-04-23
A young mail carrier, Jules (Frederic Andrei), becomes entranced with the voice of American diva Cynthia Hawkins (Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez).
- (56)
- Jean-Jacques Beineix
- R
- Frederic Andrei
Jules, a young Parisian postman, secretly records a concert performance given by the opera singer Cynthia Hawkins, whom he idolises. The following day, Jules runs into a woman who is being pursued by armed thugs. Before she is killed, the woman slips an audio cassette into his mail bag...
- (144)
- Jean-Jacques Beineix
- R
- 18
Apr 28, 2022 · It Took Me 40 Years to Watch the Movie ‘Diva.’ It Was Worth the Wait. At a friend’s urging, our critic saw the “mondo chic” 1981 film by the French director Jean-Jacques Beineix, ahead ...
- Wesley Morris
Two tapes, two Parisian mob killers, one corrupt policeman, an opera fan, a teenage thief, and the coolest philosopher ever filmed all twist their way through an intricate and stylish French-language thriller. A young opera-loving mailman, Jules, becomes inadvertently entangled in murder, when a young woman fleeing two mob hit men drops an ...
People also ask
Who directed Diva?
Does Diva have a synopsis?
How much money did Diva make in 1981?
Was 'Diva' worth the wait?
Eighteen year-old Jules, an opera buff and post office worker, makes a pirate tape of the celebrated diva Cynthia Hawkins who flatly refuses to be recorded. The next day, just before being murdered, a prostitute slips a cassette revealing a scandalous illicit business into the bag on his moped.
