Diva

Diva

6.7IMDb Score
Released:1981-03-11
Genre:Action, Drama, Thriller
Duration:117 min
Country:France
Director:Jean-Jacques Beineix
Actors:Frédéric Andréi, Richard Bohringer, Roland Bertin, Wilhelmenia Fernandez, Thuy An Luu
Production:Les Films Galaxie, Greenwich Film Production

Overview:

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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