Tosca

Name: Tosca
Genre: Drama, Musical
Released: July 12, 2002
Duration: 126 min
Rating: 70

2002

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Avatar Films | Release Date: July 12, 2002

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)

Director: Benoît Jacquot

Genre(s): Drama, Musical

Runtime: 126 min

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Peter Rainer

A rare example of first-rate filmed opera. Read full review

Lisa Schwarzbaum

Conveys the heaving passion of Puccini's famous love-jealousy-murder-suicide fandango with great cinematic innovation. Read full review

Keith Phipps

Using a single set for each act and cutting minimally, Jacquot seems to recognize his limited ability to make the opera cinematic. Read full review

David Edelstein

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. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

For the broader audience, this seems both suffocating and confusing -- True opera buffs, however, are more likely to feel thrilled, as if they're privy to a private production of the highest caliber. Read full review

New Times (L.A.) Gregory Weinkauf

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. Read full review

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. Read full review

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