FARINELLI

By Gérard Corbiau
1994, Italy, Belgium, France, 1h51
Starring : Stefano Dionisi, Enrico Lo Verso, Caroline Cellier, Jeroen Krabbe, Elsa Zylberstein

 

Synopsis
In 18th-century in Europe. From triumphs to scandals, passions to betrayals, the tumultuous career of the famous Italian castrato Carlo Broschi, known as Farinelli, whose divine voice fascinated all his contemporaries. An emotional, artistic and musical success.