The Paris Opera

Name: The Paris Opera
Genre: Documentary
Released: October 18, 2017
Duration: 110 min
Rating: 54
Cast: Benjamin Millepied, Stéphane Lissner

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The Paris Opera

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Film Movement | Release Date: October 18, 2017

Starring: Benjamin Millepied, Stéphane Lissner

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 sameAutumn 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 time, a promising young Russian singer begins at the Opera's Academy. In the hallways of Opera Bastille, his destiny will cross paths with that of Bryn Terfel, one of the greatest voices of his time. As the season progresses, more and more characters appear, playing out the human comedy in the manner of a documentary Opera. But this comedy is set against a tragic backdrop when terrorist attacks plunge Paris into mourning. Even though the show must go on at all costs, there is no end of trouble for the new director. Star choreographer Benjamin Millepied jumps ship soon after taking over as director of ballet at Palais Garnier. Preparations for Richard Wagner's six-hour opera Die Meistersinger reunite the company.… Expand

Director: Jean-Stéphane Bron

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 110 min

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Los Angeles Times - Sheri Linden

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. Read full review

The New York Times - Ben Kenigsberg

Oct 17, 2017

The Paris Opera feels at once sprawling and insufficiently patient. Read full review

Village Voice - Nick Schager

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. Read full review

Washington Post - Kristen Page-Kirby

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. Read full review

San Francisco Chronicle - G. Allen Johnson

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. Read full review

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