DIVA (1981) was the directorial debut of Jean-Jacques Beineix (Betty Blue). Jules (Frederic Andrei) is a Parisian mail courier in possession of two highly sought-after tapes: the first contains a rare recording of American opera singer Cynthia Hawkins (Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez), with whom he has fallen in love; the second is a tape slipped into his bag by a young woman just before she is murdered. The unwitting Jules thus finds himself being pursued by Taiwanese bootleggers and a thuggish gang of drug dealers who will do anything to get their hands on the cassettes.
Classification: | M |
Genre: | Drama |
Language: | English |
Year Made: | 1981 |
Runtime: | 118minutes |
Number of Discs: | 2 |
Directed by: | Jean-Jacques Beineix |
Featuring: | Roland Bertin, Wilhelmenia Fernandez, Frederic Andrei |