The Paris Opera is a good representation of the struggle behind the spectacle. In movies, though, it’s sometimes best to even out those proportions — a little less absolute truth, and a little more bull.
The Paris Opera(L'Opéra)
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Switzerland, France · 2017
1h 50m
Director Jean-Stéphane Bron
Starring Stéphane Lissner
Genre Documentary
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The Paris Opera offers a behind-the-scenes look into a prestigious French institution. Open since 1875, the Palais Garnier is one of the most iconic and culturally significant performing arts venues in the world. This documentary gives audiences an opportunity to peek behind the curtains at the Palais over the course of a season.
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What are critics saying?
The New York Times by Ben Kenigsberg
The Paris Opera feels at once sprawling and insufficiently patient.
San Francisco Chronicle by G. Allen Johnson
For a documentary about one of the most prestigious opera institutions in the world, The Paris Opera has, maddeningly, very little opera.
Unfortunately, the film has nothing much to say other than that the enterprise is inherently complicated — which isn’t point enough for 111 minutes of screen time.
Los Angeles Times by Sheri Linden
Covering an eventful artistic season, Jean-Stéphane Bron’s The Paris Opera is a well-observed vérité portrait of a major cultural institution.
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