Bel Canto
Bel Canto
Bel Canto
Director:
Paul WeitzCámara:
Tobias DatumMúsica:
David MajzlinReparto:
Julianne Moore, Ken Watanabe, Sebastian Koch, Ryō Kase, Tenoch Huerta, Christopher Lambert, María Mercedes Coroy, Noé Hernández, Johnny Ortiz, Olek Krupa (más)Sinopsis(1)
Una famosa soprano (Julianne Moore) viaja a un país de Sudamérica que permanece bajo una dictadura militar, para dar un concierto privado en una fiesta de un rico industrial japonés (Ken Watanabe). Cuando la reunión de diplomáticos y políticos se celebra, la mansión es tomada por un grupo rebelde guerrillero que exige la liberación de sus compañeros encarcelados. Mientras permanecen secuestrados en la casa, rehenes y captores se verán obligados a encontrar la forma de entenderse. (Diamond Films España)
(más)Reseñas (2)
Everyone here behaved like nutjobs. First, there are terrorists, then there are tenors, suddenly it’s a friendly tea party and finally, it ends in a brutal shootout. I understood the idea behind the movie, but it was conveyed as if a bunch of losers came together and wanted to make fools out of everybody, so they shot whatever they wanted. But I was intrigued by the ending. Even though the opera voice wasn’t coming out of Julianne Moore’s mouth, at least I found out that there is an American opera singer Renée Fleming, who also learned to sing Rusalka in beautiful Czech. Hats off.
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Beautiful operatic arias performed by Renée Fleming keep this film afloat. The story is probably at least partly inspired by real events, but it lacks suspense and does not seem very believable due to the illogical behavior of some characters. I see it at a meager three stars for the beautiful music, the lovely Julianne Moore, and the unrecognizably civil Sebastian Koch. (50%)
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