Opera! / Опера!

The Opera!Arie per un'eclissi
Italy, France, 2024,106 min
Director: Paolo Gep Cucco, Davide Livermore.
Cast: Vincent Cassel, Fanny Ardant, Caterina Murino, Rossy de Palma, Erwin Schrott

Can music and love conquer death?

Imagine Baz Luhrmann reimagining an ancient myth as a futuristic musical dreamscape — a world where opera meets cinema and digital reality becomes part of the legend. Add a cast of celebrated film and opera stars dressed in dazzling Dolce & Gabbana creations, and you have one of the most extraordinary cinematic experiences of recent years.

Once, Orpheus possessed a gift of almost supernatural power: his poetry could captivate hearts, and his music could tame the very forces of nature. Yet even this extraordinary talent proves powerless against eternity when his beloved Eurydice is taken from the world of the living. Refusing to surrender to loss, the legendary musician defies fate and follows her into the afterlife, embarking on a perilous journey through a mysterious realm hidden behind the doors of the enigmatic Grand Hades Hotel.

Driven by love and hope, Orpheus crosses the boundaries between life and death. Music and passion become his only weapons — languages understood by both the living and the dead. Along the way, he must navigate a labyrinth of fantastical worlds inhabited by eccentric characters and mythical creatures, confront his deepest fears, and make a choice that will determine his destiny.

Visually sumptuous and musically intoxicating, The Opera! is a dazzling reinvention of one of the most enduring myths in world culture. A bold cinematic experiment inspired by the grandeur and emotion of opera, it transforms a timeless love story into an immersive audiovisual experience.

This breathtaking metaphysical journey unfolds at the crossroads of cinema, opera, and contemporary digital art, where legendary arias find new resonance and love becomes a force powerful enough to transcend the boundaries between worlds.

Directors Davide Livermore and Paolo Gep Cucco balance extravagance with elegance, creating a universe governed by the laws of music, beauty, and imagination. Dreamlike sets, spectacular visual effects, and sensual Dolce & Gabbana costumes turn every frame into a feast for the senses.
The Opera! does not merely tell a story — it invites audiences to experience it as a musical and visual revelation. This is not a film to be analyzed, but one to be felt.

As its full title suggests — The Opera! – Arie per un'eclissi (Arias for an Eclipse) — this is a film in which love disappears into darkness for a fleeting moment, only to blaze forth even brighter than before.

Original Language: Italian