Farinelli | |
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Directed by | Gérard Corbiau |
Written by | Marcel Beaulieu Andrée Corbiau Gérard Corbiau |
Produced by | Véra Belmont |
Starring | Stefano Dionisi Enrico Lo Verso Elsa Zylberstein |
Cinematography | Walther van den Ende |
Edited by | Joëlle Hache |
Music by | Johann Adolf Hasse (composer: additional music) Nicola Porpora (composer: additional music) Ewa Malas-Godlewska (singer) Derek Lee Ragin (singer) |
Production companies | Stéphan Films MG Italian International Film K2 SA Alinea Films Union Generale Cinematographique Canal+ France 2 Cinéma Studio Image Mediaset RTL-TVI Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen |
Distributed by | IIF - Italian International Film (Italy) Belga Films (Belgium) BAC Films (France) |
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Running time | 111 minutes |
Countries | Italy Belgium France |
Languages | Italian French |
Budget | $9 million |
Box office | $11.5 million[1] |
Farinelli is a 1994 internationally co-produced biographical drama film directed by Gérard Corbiau and starring Stefano Dionisi, Enrico Lo Verso, Elsa Zylberstein, and Jeroen Krabbé. It centers on the life and career of the 18th-century Italian opera singer Carlo Broschi, known as Farinelli, considered the greatest castrato singer of all time; as well as his relationship with his brother, the composer Riccardo Broschi.[2]
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