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Farinelli - Il Castrato [1995]

Starring: Stefano Dionisi, Enrico Lo Verso, Elsa Zylberstein, Jeroen Krabbé, Caroline Cellier
Director: Gérard Corbiau
Format: Dolby PAL Subtitled Surround Sound Widescreen
Released: 29 Apr 1996
RRP: £5.99
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Farinelli - By: , 24 Jan 2005
A stunning film, with an incredible soundtrack. Something completely different, 10/10!
A Castrato extravaganza - By: bederowe@hotmail.com, 12 Aug 2001
The idea of a digitallly worked voice, comprising a female & a countertenor would not at first appear to be very promising, but the result has to be heard to be believed. At times the music, from the sumptuous delights of Broschi to the melancholy of Haendel, transports you from the cinema screen to the realms of the gods.

The film is not merely a vehicle for the music but has within itself a touching & heartrending storyline. Who could watch the forcible castration scene without a shudder. And yet it is through this that the angelic music comes to be.

A complex & moving film which I would recommend to anyone. If the music does not get you, the pathos will.