Jean-Jacques Beineix (Betty Blue) made a catchy debut as a director with this slick, defiantly superficial 1982 movie about a young mail carrier who illegally records a performance by an opera singer, then gets the tape mixed up with evidence that could incriminate gangsters. Wearing flashy commercialism like a badge, Beineix fills the screen with explosions of disposable pop kitsch. Yet he also tells a fairly compelling story in the process, one that only seems to get more interesting the closer one gets to the end. An unusual experience, Diva should be seen also for the influence it had on the look and feel of movies and music videos in the 1980s. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com
Cecile (Virginie Ledoyen) fresh faced and free spirited has arrived in Paris looking for adventure and excitement. In trouble after an attempted armed robbery goes wrong Cecile meets hard-nosed and respectable Michel (Gerard Lanvin) a distinguished lawyer who enjoys the millionaire lifestyle that his success has afforded him. To the bemusement of his wife (Carole Bouquet) and colleagues he agrees to represent her in court a decision that turns his life upside down. After using
Romance about Simon Donnadieu and his decision to leave his ever-loving wife Rachel.
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