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Standard Screen; Soundtrack English French director Benoit Jacquot (A SINGLE GIRL) adapts the famous opera by Giacomo Puccini in his film TOSCA. The stunningly dramatic opera stars--Angela Gheorghiu as Floria Tosca, Roberto Alagna as Mario Cavaradossi, and Ruggero Raimondi as Baron Scarpia--steal the show with their intense vocal range and fiery acting. The film cuts back and forth between black and white photography that shows the singers and a full orchestra recording the opera in a studio, and color photography that shows the costumed presentation, act by act, with several different sets. Mario (Alagna) is painting a portrait on the wall of the chapel, inspired by a fair-haired beauty who he has just seen praying below. When his girlfriend, the possessive Diva Tosca (Gheorghui) pays him a surprise visit, he must reassert his love for her, trying to ease her worries and her jealousy at seeing the painting. However, that night when a prisoner escapes, Mario is a suspected accomplice and he is wanted by the police. The evil Baron Scarpia (Raimondi) lies to Tosca, telling her that Mario ran off with the fair-haired beauty, and using her jealousy to get her to aid the police in his capture.
This film was included in the Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2002 festival organized by the Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York City. French Theatrical Release: November 2001
U.S. Theatrical Release: March 15, 2002 Tosca Reviews: "...In musical terms, it is hard to imagine it done better today..."-- Nick Kimberley, Sight and Sound "...Imaginative, visually stunning....It's a colorful, energetic evening of theater..."
-- Edward Kaufman, Hollywood Reporter "...It works beautifully as a movie without sacrificing the integrity of the opera..."
-- A. O. Scott, New York Times "...Altogether, this is successful as a film, while at the same time being a most touching reconsideration of the familiar masterpiece..."
-- Daniel Cariaga, Los Angeles Times "...[Jacquot] conveys the heaving passion of Puccini's famous love-jealousy-murder-suicide fandango with great cinematic innovation..."
-- Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly Tosca | List Price | $29.99 (You save $9.84) | | Studio | Kultur Films Inc. | | Orig Year | 2002 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  23886  | | CD Universe Part number | 6973056 | | Catalog number | 4010 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Oct 25, 2005 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Running Time | 120 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen | | Movie Details | Color; Letter Boxed; Widescreen |
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