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Vertiges

6.8 108 mins Drama   Music   1985
Director(s): Christine Laurent

In a specialized, hermetic drama about love won and lost, not necessarily by the same individuals, novice director Christine Laurent has focused on the backstage melodramas of an opera company. The conductor for an upcoming performance of the Marriage of Figaro has his mind and heart on other matters -- an entrancing diva who keeps him enraptured with her presence and voice. In the meantime, he finds fault with his cast members who cannot, of course, measure up to the woman of his dreams. As singers encounter one problem or another, it is clear that something has to be done about the conductor. Director Laurent designed costumes for both theater and opera, giving her some insight into the venue.

Casts of Vertiges

Magali Noël

as Constance

Krystyna Janda

as Maria

Paulo Autran

as Eric Hardmour

Maria de Medeiros

as Blanche

Henri Serre

as Marius Poudesoie

Thierry Bosc

as Frantz Kirkmayer

Luís Miguel Cintra

as Herbert Ardown

Manuel Mozos

as Le violon

Jorge Silva Melo

as Urbain

Figueira Cid

as Un machiniste

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