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Farinelli: Il Castrato

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Farinelli: Il Castrato (1994)

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Reviews Counted: 21

Fresh: 14

Rotten:7

Average Rating: 5.7/10

Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Synopsis: The life story of Carlo Broschi, who at age seven had surgery to become a castrato to preserve his sweet voice. He went on to become one of the most celebrated opera singers of the 18th century,... The life story of Carlo Broschi, who at age seven had surgery to become a castrato to preserve his sweet voice. He went on to become one of the most celebrated opera singers of the 18th century, taking on the name Farinelli. As his fame grows, tension builds with his less talented brother Riccardo. Golden Globe Winner, Best Foreign Film. [More]

Starring: Stefano Dionsi, Enrico Lo Verso, Elsa Zylberstein, Caroline Cellier

Starring: Stefano Dionsi, Enrico Lo Verso, Elsa Zylberstein, Caroline Cellier, Marianne Basler

Director: Gérard Corbiau

Director: Gérard Corbiau
Screenwriter: Andree Corbiau
Producer: Dominique Janne
Composer: Riccardo Broschi

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Carol Cling
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05/14/03
Jeanne Aufmuth
Palo Alto Weekly

Romantic, sweeping tale of sex and sibling rivalry that manages to connect despite its overwrought storytelling.

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11/28/02
Gabriel Shanks
Mixed Reviews

Stops you in your tracks and transports you to a phantasmagorical world where music, mystery and magic hold sway.

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08/30/02
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
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02/28/02
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
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A lush, engrossing drama.

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01/09/02
Stephen Farber
Movieline

Farinelli is great fun and sufficiently thoughtful and complex to give food for continuing thought.

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02/13/01
Arthur Lazere
culturevulture.net

Artistry abounds in every aspect of the film.

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02/13/01
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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The kind of high-camp, low-cohesiveness movie that inspires snippy reviews, and sarcasm about the fact that it earned a best foreign film Oscar nomination.

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Barbara Shulgasser
San Francisco Examiner

Musically thrilling.

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Bruce Kirkland
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The first two-thirds seem jumbled and underdeveloped.

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Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

There's something too artificial and highfalutin about the movie.

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Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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Glossy and histrionic, salacious and empty, Farinelli reduces a fascinating story to a series of hissy fits and leering glances.

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Edward Guthmann
San Francisco Chronicle
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Because Carlo Broschi, the 18th-century castrato singer known as Farinelli, was himself such an exotic and sensationalistic figure, you'd think that creating a dull movie out of his flamboyant life would be next to impossible. Think again.

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