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  • 2017
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Summary Autumn 2015. At the Paris Opera, Stéphane Lissner is putting the finishing touches to his first press conference as director. Backstage, artists and crew prepare to raise the curtain on a new season withSchönberg's Moses and Aaron. But the announcement of a strike and arrival of a bull in a supporting rolecomplicate matters. At the same ...

Directed By: Jean-Stéphane Bron

  • 2017
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 50 m
  • 2017
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 50 m

The Paris Opera

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Summary Autumn 2015. At the Paris Opera, Stéphane Lissner is putting the finishing touches to his first press conference as director. Backstage, artists and crew prepare to raise the curtain on a new season withSchönberg's Moses and Aaron. But the announcement of a strike and arrival of a bull in a supporting rolecomplicate matters. At the same ...

Directed By: Jean-Stéphane Bron

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Oct 19, 2017
Covering an eventful artistic season, Jean-Stéphane Bron’s The Paris Opera is a well-observed vérité portrait of a major cultural institution.
By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW
60
Oct 17, 2017
The Paris Opera feels at once sprawling and insufficiently patient.
By Ben Kenigsberg FULL REVIEW
50
Oct 26, 2017
The Paris Opera is a good representation of the struggle behind the spectacle. In movies, though, it’s sometimes best to even out those proportions — a little less absolute truth, and a little more bull.
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Oct 25, 2017
For a documentary about one of the most prestigious opera institutions in the world, The Paris Opera has, maddeningly, very little opera.
By G. Allen Johnson FULL REVIEW
50
Oct 19, 2017
Unfortunately, the film has nothing much to say other than that the enterprise is inherently complicated — which isn’t point enough for 111 minutes of screen time.
By Nick Schager FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Les Films Pelléas, Bande a Part Films, France 2 Cinéma, Orange Studio, Opéra National de Paris, Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS), SRG - SSR, France Télévisions, Cinémage 10, Palatine Étoile 13, La Région Île-de-France, Office Fédéral de la Culture, Cinéforom, Loterie Suisse Romande
Release Date Oct 18, 2017
Duration 1 h 50 m
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Website http://gaga.ne.jp/parisopera/
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Awards

Swiss Film Prize
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Moscow International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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