“Madame Butterfly” ( Italian: Madame Butterfly ) - feature film - opera directed by Frederic Mitterrand , staged in 1995 , co-produced by countries of France , Germany , Great Britain and Japan , film adaptation of the opera of the same name by Giacomo Puccini .
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| Genre | the movie is opera music film drama , melodrama |
| Producer | Frederick Mitterrand |
| Producer | Ahmed Baha Attia, Pierre-Olivier Bardot, Daniel Tuscany du Plantier, Karima Lajimi |
| Author script | Luigi Illika Giuseppe Giacosa, Frederick Mitterrand |
| In the main cast | Ying Huang , Richard Troxell , Ning Liang |
| Operator | Philip Welt |
| Composer | Giacomo Puccini |
| Film company | Erato Films, France 3 Cinema, Ideale Audience, Imalyre |
| Duration | 135 minutes |
| A country |  France  Germany  United Kingdom  Japan |
| Language | Italian |
| Year | 1995 |
| IMDb | ID 0113731 |
Content
- 1 plot
- 2 Cast
- 3 musicians
- 4 Camera crew
- 5 Awards
- 6 Edition on video
- 7 See also
- 8 References
Story
The action takes place in the XIX century in Japan , in the city of Nagasaki .
Cinema film - opera is an adaptation of Giacomo Puccini 's opera Madame Butterfly , which was created based on David Belasco’s drama Geisha, written based on the eponymous magazine story by John Luther Long.
In addition to the orchestral dawn for the third act, there are no musical notes in the film, which is rare in films of this kind.
For a plot summary, see Madame Butterfly .
Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Ying Juan | Cio Cio-san (Madame Butterfly) |
| Richard Troxell | Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton, US Navy Lieutenant |
| Ning Liang | Suzuki, Chio-Cio-san's maid |
| Richard Cowan | Sharpless, American Consul |
| Jing Ma Fan | Goro, matchmaker |
| Christopheren Nomura | Prince Yamadori |
| Constance Howman | Kate Pinkerton, wife of B.F. Pinkerton |
| Kusakabe Yo (Yo) | Bonza, Uncle Chio-Cio-san |
| Kamel Tuati | Yakuside, Uncle Chio-Cio-san |
| Miki-Lou Pinar | Dolore, child, son of Cio-Cio-san |
| Yoshi Oyda | father Chio-Cio-san |
Musicians
- Orchestra of Paris
- Paris Radio Choir
- Conductor James Conlon
Camera crew
- Director: Frederick Mitterrand
- Producers: Ahmed Bach Attia, Pierre-Olivier Barde, Daniel Tuscany du Plantier Karima Lajimi
- Composer: Giacomo Puccini
- Screenwriters: Luigi Illika , Giuseppe Giacosa, Frederic Mitterrand
- Operator: Philip Welt
- Editor: Luke Barnier
- Artists: Michelle Abbe-Wannier, Tayeb Jallouli
- Costume Designer: Christian Gask
Rewards
- 1996 - Award "Cesar" for the best costumes ( Christian Gask )
Video Edition
- Released on DVD
See also
- Madame Butterfly (opera film, 1956)
- Madame Butterfly (film, 1974)
Links
- Madame Butterfly on the Internet Movie Database
- The film opera Madame Butterfly (1995) at CITWF
- Photos from the movie-opera Madame Butterfly (1995)