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  • 2002
  • Not Rated
  • Avatar Films
  • 2 h 6 m
  • 2002
  • Not Rated
  • Avatar Films
  • 2 h 6 m
Tosca

Summary One of Giacomo Puccini's greatest operas has been magically transposed to film in this stirring and wonderfully performed production featuring Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna as the star-crossed lovers. (Avatar Films)

Directed By: Benoît Jacquot

Written By: Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa, Victorien Sardou

  • 2002
  • Not Rated
  • Avatar Films
  • 2 h 6 m
  • 2002
  • Not Rated
  • Avatar Films
  • 2 h 6 m

Tosca

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews
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Summary One of Giacomo Puccini's greatest operas has been magically transposed to film in this stirring and wonderfully performed production featuring Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna as the star-crossed lovers. (Avatar Films)

Directed By: Benoît Jacquot

Written By: Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa, Victorien Sardou

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Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews
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28% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews
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72% Positive
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28% Mixed
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A rare example of first-rate filmed opera.
By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW
80
Altogether, this is successful as a film, while at the same time being a most touching reconsideration of the familiar masterpiece.
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75
Watching a film about an opera can never be as moving as watching the real thing in a great opera house. Musical purists may object to certain details, and film buffs may find the concept unappealing. Yet, for this film and opera lover, Jacquot's Tosca is a treat.
By Marta Barber FULL REVIEW
70
It's so exciting to have a perfectly sung and acted Tosca (Avatar) on film that I'm prepared to forgive the new movie, directed by Benoit Jacquot, almost everything. But I sure wish Jacquot hadn't bungled the look and feel.
By David Edelstein FULL REVIEW
63
You would be better off investing in the worthy EMI recording that serves as the soundtrack, or the home video of the 1992 Malfitano-Domingo production.
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60
Audiences are advised to sit near the back and squint to avoid noticing some truly egregious lip-non-synching, but otherwise the production is suitably elegant, a fine retreat from summer cinema overkill.
By Gregory Weinkauf FULL REVIEW
40
This filmed Tosca -- not the first, by the way -- is a pretty good job, if it's filmed Tosca that you want. I'll stay with the stage versions, however, which bite cleaner, and deeper.
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Production Company Euripide Productions, Integral Film, Veradia Film, France 3 Cinéma, Axiom Films, Seven Stars System, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), ARTE, Tele+, Canal+, Sofica France Télévision Images, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA)
Release Date Jul 12, 2002
Duration 2 h 6 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.avatarfilms.com/releases/tosca.html
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