Farinelli il castrato (1994)
(Farinelli)
Country: IT/BEL/FR
Technical: col 111m
Director: Gérard Corbiau
Cast: Stefano Dionisi, Enrico Lo Verso, Elsa Zylberstein, Caroline Cellier, Jeroen Krabbé
Synopsis:
18th century Europe: the spectacular musical career of two Italian brothers, one a heaven-sent castrato, the other a mediocre composer, founders when the former discovers to what he really owes his accursed gift. He retires to sing privately for royalty while his brother is inspired/guided by Handel to write his life's greatest work.
Review:
A sort of Amadeus rip-off, with sexy trimmings, this handsome film never lets us close enough to its central character and makes the mistake of casting uncharismatic actors, with the result that only the scenes with Krabbé in them work at all memorably. It also, of course, suffers from an indifferent score.
(Farinelli)
Country: IT/BEL/FR
Technical: col 111m
Director: Gérard Corbiau
Cast: Stefano Dionisi, Enrico Lo Verso, Elsa Zylberstein, Caroline Cellier, Jeroen Krabbé
Synopsis:
18th century Europe: the spectacular musical career of two Italian brothers, one a heaven-sent castrato, the other a mediocre composer, founders when the former discovers to what he really owes his accursed gift. He retires to sing privately for royalty while his brother is inspired/guided by Handel to write his life's greatest work.
Review:
A sort of Amadeus rip-off, with sexy trimmings, this handsome film never lets us close enough to its central character and makes the mistake of casting uncharismatic actors, with the result that only the scenes with Krabbé in them work at all memorably. It also, of course, suffers from an indifferent score.
(Farinelli)
Country: IT/BEL/FR
Technical: col 111m
Director: Gérard Corbiau
Cast: Stefano Dionisi, Enrico Lo Verso, Elsa Zylberstein, Caroline Cellier, Jeroen Krabbé
Synopsis:
18th century Europe: the spectacular musical career of two Italian brothers, one a heaven-sent castrato, the other a mediocre composer, founders when the former discovers to what he really owes his accursed gift. He retires to sing privately for royalty while his brother is inspired/guided by Handel to write his life's greatest work.
Review:
A sort of Amadeus rip-off, with sexy trimmings, this handsome film never lets us close enough to its central character and makes the mistake of casting uncharismatic actors, with the result that only the scenes with Krabbé in them work at all memorably. It also, of course, suffers from an indifferent score.