Bel Canto

2018
TV-MA
1h 40m

IMDb RATING

5.5/10

3.9K

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Julianne Moore and Ken Watanabe in Bel Canto (2018)

A famous soprano travels to a military dictatorship in South America to give a private concert at the lavish birthday party for a wealthy Japanese industrialist. Just as the gathering convenes, the house is taken over by a guerrilla rebel group demanding the release of their imprisoned comrades. As a lengthy standoff ensues, hostages and captors form unexpected bonds as they overcome their differences and find their shared humanity.

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A world-renowned opera singer becomes trapped in a hostage situation when she's invited to perform for a wealthy industrialist in South America.A world-renowned opera singer becomes trapped in a hostage situation when she's invited to perform for a wealthy industrialist in South America.A world-renowned opera singer becomes trapped in a hostage situation when she's invited to perform for a wealthy industrialist in South America.

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IMDb RATING

5.5/10

3.9K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Cesar
(as Ethan Simpson)

Gabo Augustine

Ishmael

Carmen Zilles

Beatriz

Eddie Martinez

Ruben Ochoa
(as J. Eddie Martinez)

Christopher Lambert

Simon Thibault

Olek Krupa

Fyodorov

Bobby Daniel Rodriguez

Father Arguedas
(as Bobby Rodriguez)

J. Santiago Suarez

Monsignor Rolland
(as Jay Santiago)

Thorbjørn Harr

Christopf

Eliud Garcia

Dr. Gomez
(as Eliud Kauffman)

Director
- Paul Weitz
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Trivia
As Julianne Moore is not a trained opera singer, she was coached to lip synch for her singing scenes. Although she has some singing experience, and has sung before in movies, she cannot sing the vocally demanding genre of opera. Reneé Fleming, a soprano, provided the singing voice for Moore.

Quotes
Comandante Alfredo: Don't worry, they won't shoot.
Roxanne Coss: Are you sure? Not everyone likes opera!

Connections
Featured in Late Night with Seth Meyers: Julianne Moore/Sturgill Simpson/Khaled Hosseini/Sean Kinney (2018)

Soundtracks
Rusalka: Song to the Moon
(Mesicku na nebi hlubokém)
Written by Antonín Dvorák & Jaroslav Kvapil
Performed by Renée Fleming, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (as The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)
Conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin
February 8, 2014
Courtesy of The Metropolitan Opera

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Featured review

7/10

Never go the the opera

Classical music meets terrorism, an interesting mix. Some of the scenes in this movie are just a shade bizarrre, at times the tension is quite good, particularly in the first half of the movie, but then the tension gets broken by these odd scenes. I think the movie tries to touch on some of the terrorists vulnerabilities and how such people end up with semi-automatic weapons in their hands. But it doesn't quite get there, I wish it had stuck to one genre and thrown all its energies into that area. At the end of the day, I preferred the tension and drama to the love scenes which I didn't find plausible. Don't get me wrong, I still enjoyed the movie, I just feel that it never falls into the greatness category. My favourite quote from the movie "Are you sure they won't shoot, not everyone likes opera"