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One of Giacomo Puccini's greatest operas has been magically transposed to film by French director Benoit Jacquot.
This magnificent production is dazzlingly beautiful yet intimate and emotional, modern yet classic at the same time. Tosca is set in Rome at the end of the 18th century. Love and jealousy drive the story to its inevitable, tragic end. Tosca, an actress, kills her tormentor, Scarpia, and rushes to save her lover, Mario. All goes awry and Mario is executed. Tosca, in an act of defiance, then throws herself from the roof of Castel Sant Angelo to her death.
“Jacquot’s direction of this film is startlingly vivid, indeed it almost comes across as pseudo-documentary in style. He uses black and white, color and grainy visual effects in a way which adds immeasurably to the intense drama and emotion of the on-screen acting, which even given the fact these are not screen actors is of an extraordinarily high level. It is certainly one of the finest filmed versions of an opera I have ever seen.”
- Marc Bridle, Music Web International
