Caroline Cellier, Elsa Zylberstein, Enrico Lo Verso
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...( read more
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DVD Release Date: August 22, 2000
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Flixster Reviews (207)
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April 27, 2008The colourful and uninhibited life of "il castrato" Farinelli and his brother Riccardo Broschi, two men who shared their music and their women. An operatic biopic with impressive production values and a dreamy score. Not as big as Milos Forman's Amadeus, but still, a picture with...( read more)
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January 2, 2009Que buena película, que hermosas voces y que triste vida, la belleza y el dolor pueden ir de la mano
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August 15, 2008Love time pieces. Oh to have been there in that time...Great music...
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July 29, 2008Beautiful, lush, sumptuous...all words that can be used to describe various aspects of this film. My only issue would be that the love between Farinelli and the woman who would later be his wife was barely explored at all - they go from arguing and ignoring each other to later li...( read more)
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July 8, 2008Le hubiera dado las 5 de no ser por que la historia se aleja mucho de la realidad. Aun asi me gusta mucho y la recomiendo.
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July 3, 2008want to see this because it won best foreign-language film at the golden globes
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February 3, 2008Grna música, gran historia, y una muy interesante y peculiar manera de llevar el drama a lugares inhóspitos dónde lazos tan fuertes como la hermandad puedan provocar la redención de un hecho que para algunos pueda ser imperdonable
Critic Reviews
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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