Diva

Diva

Her voice was his calling.

1981•1h 57m•6.7/10

ActionDramaThriller

Ratings

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6.7/10(261)

Jules, a young Parisian postman, secretly records a concert performance given by the opera singer Cynthia Hawkins, whom he idolises. The following day, Jules runs into a woman who is being pursued by armed thugs. Before she is killed, the woman slips an audio cassette into his mail bag...

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Production

France 2, Greenwich Film Production, Les Films Galaxie

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Frédéric Andréi

Frédéric Andréi

Jules

Richard Bohringer

Richard Bohringer

Gorodish

Roland Bertin

Roland Bertin

Weinstadt

Wilhelmenia Fernandez

Wilhelmenia Fernandez

Cynthia Hawkins

Thuy An Luu

Thuy An Luu

Alba

Chantal Deruaz

Chantal Deruaz

Nadia

Anny Romand

Anny Romand

Paula

Dominique Pinon

Dominique Pinon

Le curé

Brigitte Lahaie

Brigitte Lahaie

La fille dont la jupe s'envole

Gérard Darmon

Gérard Darmon

L'Antillais

Jacques Fabbri

Jacques Fabbri

Commissaire Jean Saporta

Patrick Floersheim

Patrick Floersheim

Zatopek

Jean-Jacques Moreau

Jean-Jacques Moreau

Krantz

Tania Zabaloieff

Robyn Bernard

Marthe Moudiki-Moreau

Isabelle Mergault

Isabelle Mergault

La fille du jeu vidéo

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