Synopsis
A behind-the-scenes look at the of how the Paris Opera is run under the direction of Stephane Lissner.
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Cast
- Stéphane LissnerHimself
Recommendations
- 70
Los Angeles Times
Covering an eventful artistic season, Jean-Stéphane Bron’s The Paris Opera is a well-observed vérité portrait of a major cultural institution. - 60
The New York Times
The Paris Opera feels at once sprawling and insufficiently patient. - 50
Village Voice
Unfortunately, the film has nothing much to say other than that the enterprise is inherently complicated — which isn’t point enough for 111 minutes of screen time. - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
For a documentary about one of the most prestigious opera institutions in the world, The Paris Opera has, maddeningly, very little opera. - 50
Washington Post
The Paris Opera is a good representation of the struggle behind the spectacle. In movies, though, it’s sometimes best to even out those proportions — a little less absolute truth, and a little more bull.
