Farinelli
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Gerard Corbiau
Ranaud Dupeloux De Saint Romain
Jacques Boudet
Caroline Cellier
Delphine Zentout
Graham Valentine
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Set against a sumptuous world of 18th century Italian high art and music, the story deals with two brothers, Ricardo Broschi and his younger sibling, Carlo. To preserve his beautiful voice, the 7-year-old Carlo undergoes primitive surgery to become a "castrato," glorious male singers who retained the vocal purity of young boys with the power of men and the high register of a woman. Blessed with the "voice of an angel," he embarks on a glorious journey of music and passion. As a highly skilled performer with sensuously handsome looks, Farinelli quickly attains a quasi-mythical status in his own lifetime. But the jealousies caused by celebrity and the strained relationships between Farinelli and his brother as well as other artists of his time cast a shadow over Farinelli's bright existence. And so, he chooses a life of exile in Spain, thus ending one of the most illustrious--and colorful--vocal careers in history.
Director
Gerard Corbiau
Cast
Ranaud Dupeloux De Saint Romain
Jacques Boudet
Caroline Cellier
Delphine Zentout
Graham Valentine
Pier Paolo Capponi
Omero Antonutti
Jeroen Krabbe
Stefano Dionisi
Elsa Zylberstein
Marianne Basler
Crew
Patrick Aubree
Eric Aupetit
Marcel Beaulieu
Marcel Beaulieu
Christian Becker
Vera Belmont
Olga Berlutti
Olga Berlutti
Nadine Borreman
Laurent Boudaud
Marion Bourret
Fabienne Bressan
Oliver Brzoska
Sophie Chiabaut
Michel Conche
Andree Corbiau
Andree Corbiau
Gerard Corbiau
Gerard Corbiau
Clarisa Couassi
Harald Cremer
Tanja Daberitz
Marc David
Anne Delaugardiere
Phillipe Depalle
Boris Doval
Anne Dutter
Georges Dutter
Francois Enginger
Teff Erhat
Michel Fessler
Isabelle Filippi
Michel Filippi
Didier Fratteur
Natalia Freige
Franco Fumagalli
Jean-claude Gaberel
Jean-claude Gaberel
Guillermo Garcia
Leonard Gmur
Ewa Mallas Godlewska
Mortiz Greven
Linda Gutenberg
Joelle Hache
Nadine Hachuel
Klaus Harnisch
Dominique Hennequin
Juan Palma Hohmann
Gotz Holborn
Dominique Janne
Maria Jansen
Thomas L Keller
Petra Klimek
Fabien Krzyzanowski
Aldo Lado
Bruno Langiano
Jean-louis Lebras
Sophie Lecocq
Corinne Lehong
Paul Lemarinel
Jean-marie Leroy
Micheal Leuffen
Daniel Lipnik
Peter Luhrenbaum
Pascal Luneau
Mario Luraschi
Patrick Marcel Maazouz
Jurgen Materna
David Miller
Gilles Missir
Carlos Moens
Hans-jurgen Morsch
Gérard Moulévrier
Jean-paul Mugel
Carmen Muller
Gadou Naudin
Julien Naudin
Catherine O'sullivan
Clara Ott
Bernd Otten
Fernando Pacheco
Luca Pagliari
Valerie Pasteau
Brigitte Perez
Eric Perron
Pierre Pfundt
Ursule Poney
Gianni Quaranta
Derek Lee Ragin
Joel Rangon
Maria Christina Reggio
Xavier Rodet
Jose Maria Rodriguez
Stephen Rother
Christopher Rousset
Dorothee Schifling
Kuno Schlegelmilch
Kuno Schlegelmilch
Kuno Schlegelmilch
Harald Schmuck
Richard Schorr
Thommy Schulz
Gunnar Seeling
Martina Starchorski
Alexander Stempell
Bertram Strauss
Stephane Thenoz
Benoit Theunissen
Ivano Todeschi
Sylvie Van Der Vorm
Walther Vanden Ende
Yves Vandermeeren
Jean-claude Ventura
Jose Villaverde
Hans Warth
Markus Wiebecke
Ariane Wiedemann
Jurgen Winckelblech
Wolfgang Wumrnest
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Nominations
Best Foreign Language Film
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of two 1994 Cesar Awards, for Best Sound and Best Design.
Released in United States Spring March 17, 1995
Expanded Release in United States March 24, 1995
Expanded Release in United States March 31, 1995
Released in United States on Video February 13, 1996
Released in United States 1995
Shown at American Film Market (AFM) in Los Angeles February 23 - March 3, 1995.
Shown at Cleveland International Film Festival March 30 - April 9, 1995.
Released in United States Spring March 17, 1995
Expanded Release in United States March 24, 1995
Expanded Release in United States March 31, 1995
Released in United States on Video February 13, 1996
Released in United States 1995 (Shown at American Film Market (AFM) in Los Angeles February 23 - March 3, 1995.)
Released in United States 1995 (Shown at Cleveland International Film Festival March 30 - April 9, 1995.)
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