Young composer Vincenzo Bellini is still an unknown music student in Napoli when he finds in a maiden's eyes the inspiration for the aria that would become his most beloved one, "Casta Diva"..
Is it worth your time? If you have a soft spot for sweeping, slightly melodramatic musical biopics from the 1930s, you will probably dig Casta Diva. It moves at a glacial pace, which might drive some people up the wall. If you want a punchy, factual account of Bellini’s life, you are going to be bored to tears. This is...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
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"Is it worth your time? If you have a soft spot for sweeping, slightly melodramatic musical biopics from the 1930s, you will probably dig Casta Diva. It moves at a glacial pace, which might drive some people up the wall. If you want a punchy, factual account of Bellini’s life, you are going to be bored to tears. This is for the people who want to get lost in the atmosphere rather than the history books. The whole thing feels like it was filmed in a hazy, velvet-lined room. Everything is very pol..."
Corrado Alvaro, Walter Reisch
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