Aging opera singer Maria Callas tries to make a comeback by performing in a production of Bizet's "Carmen."
09-18-2002
1h 51m
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Movie Details
Production Info
Director:
Franco Zeffirelli
Production:
Cattleya, Medusa Film, Alquimia Cinema
Key Crew
Screenplay:
Martin Sherman
Executive Producer:
Giovanni Stabilini
Executive Producer:
Marco Chimenz
Co-Producer:
Francisco Ramos
Co-Producer:
Olivier Granier
Locations and Languages
Country:
US; GB
Filming:
IT; FR; ES; RO; GB
Languages:
en
Main Cast
Fanny Ardant
Fanny Marguerite Judith Ardant (born 22 March 1949) is a French actress and filmmaker. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two César Awards and a Lumières Award.
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Jeremy John Irons (born 19 September 1948) is an English actor and activist. After receiving classical training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Irons began his acting career on stage in 1969 and has appeared in many West End theatre productions, including the Shakespeare plays The Winter's Tale, Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing, The Taming of the Shrew and Richard II. In 1984, he made his Broadway debut in Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing, receiving the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play.
Irons's break-out role came in the ITV series Brideshead Revisited (1981) and is frequently ranked among the greatest British television dramas as well as greatest literary adaptations. It would earn him a Golden Globe Award nomination. His first major film role came in the romantic drama The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), for which he received a BAFTA nomination for Best Actor. After starring in dramas, such as Moonlighting (1982), Betrayal (1983), and The Mission (1986), he was praised for portraying twin gynaecologists in David Cronenberg's psychological thriller Dead Ringers (1988). Irons has won multiple awards, including the Academy Award for Best Actor, for his portrayal of the accused attempted murderer Claus von Bülow in Reversal of Fortune (1990).
Irons had roles in Steven Soderbergh's mystery thriller Kafka (1991), the period drama The House of the Spirits (1993), the romantic drama M. Butterfly (1993), voiced Scar in Disney's The Lion King (1994), played Simon Gruber in the action film Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), Humbert Humbert in Lolita (1997) and Aramis in The Man in the Iron Mask (1998). He starred in the action adventure Dungeons & Dragons (2000), played Antonio in The Merchant of Venice (2004), appeared in Being Julia (2004), the historical drama Kingdom of Heaven (2005), the fantasy-adventure Eragon (2006), the Western Appaloosa (2008), and the indie drama Margin Call (2011). In 2016, he appeared in Assassin's Creed and portrayed Alfred Pennyworth in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Justice League (2017), and Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021).
On television, Irons appeared in the historical miniseries Elizabeth I, receiving a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor. From 2011 to 2013, he starred as Pope Alexander VI in the Showtime historical series The Borgias. In 2019, he appeared as Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias in HBO's Watchmen. He is one of the few actors who have achieved the "Triple Crown of Acting" in the US, winning an Oscar for film, an Emmy for television and a Tony Award for theatre. In October 2011, he was nominated the Goodwill Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Joan Ann Plowright, Lady Olivier, DBE (born 28 October 1929), better known as Dame Joan Plowright, was an English actress, whose career has spanned over sixty years. Throughout her career she has won two Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award and has been nominated for an Academy Award, an Emmy, and two BAFTA Awards. Joan Plowright is also one of only four actresses to have won two Golden Globes in the same year.
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Stephen Billington is a British actor, best known for playing Greg Kelly in Coronation Street (for which he won the 1999 British Soap Award for Villain of the Year). He has worked with many leading film directors, including Peter Greenaway, Franco Zeffirelli, and Mel Gibson. He trained at Drama Centre London, where he has since taught, and also teaches at the Method Studio, London and the City Literary Institute. He is currently playing John Proctor in Arthur Miller's The Crucible at the York Theatre Royal.
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Actor, director, screenwriter and producer, is the son of Tatiana Iekel and famous romanian actor Florin Piersic.
After a 4 year relationship with actress Dorina Chiriac - with whom he has a little girl, Sonia - divorce her, but raise their daughter together.
In July 2009 Humanitas publishes his volume of essays and stories entitled "Complete Works" (ISBN 973-50-2503-8). Also in 2009 he starred in "Gruber's Journey" as "Curzio Malaparte".
In 2011 Humanitas publishes Florin's second book entitled "Romantic Porno" (ISBN 978-973-50-2923-4).
In 2013, he wrote and produced the one-man-show entitled 'Freak Show'. His performance has been acclaimed both by the public and the critics.
In 2015, he won the prize for the Best Actor in a Leading Role (Q.E.D.) at the Gopo Awards (Romanian 'Oscars') and starred in "Complete Works - Volume Two".
