Puccini (1984)
In Torre del Lago, by Lake Massaciuccoli, Puccini is writing "The Girl of the Golden West" when his wife Elvira accuses him of a dalliance with their maid, Doria Manfredi, a young women from town. Although the maestro is frequently unfaithful, he denies the affair; Elvira insists she's right and publicly hounds Doria. Between scenes in this domestic drama that turns tragic, we watch a Scottish company rehearse and stage "Turandot," Puccini's last opera. The film finds parallels between the two stories and suggests that in the opera, Puccini expresses love for his wife and guilt in Doria's fate. Three local gentlemen provide a spoken chorus as Puccini's score plays throughout.
- Date of release
- 1984-01-01
- TMDB
- 4.2 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Genres
- Documentary, Drama
- Director
- Tony Palmer
Casting
- Robert Stephens — Giacomo Puccini
- Virginia McKenna — Elvira
- Judith Howarth — Doria / Liu
- Robert Urquhart — Doria's Father
- Bill Fraser — Fucini, the Lawyer
- William Squire — Giacchi, the Doctor
- Peter Woodthorpe — Umberto Manfredi
- Andrew Cruickshank — Father Michelucci
- Phil McCall — Gnicche
- Rupert Graves — Tonio
- Ronald Pickup — Giulio Ricordi
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