Farinelli (1994)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.8/10   

Director:

Gérard Corbiau

Escritores:

Marcel Beaulieu (writer)
Andrée Corbiau (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

17 marzo 1995 (USA)

Género:

Biografía | Drama | Música

Frase comercial:

Où s'arrête le pouvoir de sa voix?

Plot:

Farinelli, is the artistic name of Carlo Broschi, a young singer in Handel's time. He was castrated in his childhood in order to preserve his voice...

Plot Keywords:

Singer | Opera | Brother | Castration | Public Nudity

Premios:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 4 wins & 2 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Worth seeing and listening to, but somewhat thin story.

Reparto

Stefano Dionisi	...	Carlo Broschi (Farinelli)
Enrico Lo Verso	...	Riccardo Broschi
Elsa Zylberstein	...	Alexandra
Jeroen Krabbé	...	George Frideric Handel
Caroline Cellier	...	Margareth Hunter
Renaud du Peloux de Saint Romain	...	Benedict
Omero Antonutti	...	Nicola Porpora
Marianne Basler	...	Countess Mauer
Pier Paolo Capponi	...	Broschi
Graham Valentine	...	Prince of Wales
Jacques Boudet	...	Felipe V
Delphine Zentout	...	Young admirer
Richard Reeves
Jonathan Fox
Jo Betzing		(as Josef Betzing)

También conocida como:

Farinelli (International: English title)
Farinelli voce regina (Italy) (alternative title)
Farinelli (Il castrato) (Argentina) (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for depiction of adult themes and sexuality.

Duración:

111 min

País:

Belgium | France | Italy | USA

Idioma:

Francés | Italiano

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby

Clasificación:

Iceland:L | Canada:14+ (Ontario) | South Korea:18 | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Chile:18 | Finland:K-12 | Germany:12 (w) | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:R

Locaciones de Filmación:

Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany

Compañía:

K2 SA

Trivialidades:

Both male and female voices were combined to create the sound of Farinelli's singing voice. The male voice was Derek Lee Ragin, a British countertenor and the female Ewa Małas-Godlewska, a Polish mezzo-soprano.

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en The 52nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1995) (TV)

Worth seeing and listening to, but somewhat thin story.

Visually and sound-wise this is a beautiful film that can be recommended. The flash-backs when Ricardo looks back on childhood are good, showing the tight links between the two brothers. But, one is waiting through the whole film for the continuation of the early scene where Carlo (Farinelli) does not try to prevent the soldiers from taking Ricardo away by force. There is too much focus on the brothers' conquests and maybe too little on the singing. But the songs that we hear are beautiful and when one knows the amount of work that has been put into the reconstruction of Farinelli's unique voice (covering one octave more than any singer alive today) one should probably not complain.