On 6th October, STUDIOCANAL will release a stunning new 4K restoration of 1981 French neo-noir cult hit ‘DIVA' – the audacious debut feature and visual masterpiece from visionary director Jean-Jacques Beineix (‘Betty Blue').
Arriving on Blu-Ray and 4K UHD for the first time as part of the Vintage World Cinema collection, this highly stylized, high art work became a hugely influential landmark film in modern French cinema, lighting the fuse on the Cinéma du look movement in France in the 1980's. Winner of four César Awards including Best Debut & Best Cinematography (Philippe Rousselot), ‘DIVA' is a haunting tale of obsession and beauty which boasts unforgettable imagery alongside a truly atmospheric score.
Adapted from the 1979 crime novel of the same name by Daniel Odier aka Delacorta, the film stars Frédéric Andréi (Paris Minuit) as the enigmatic postman Jules, opposite real-life opera soprano Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez as the eponymous diva herself. A hidden gem for true cinephiles, pre-order your copy of this foreign language must-see on UHD or Blu-Ray now.
This new 4K restoration of DIVA was produced from the original 35mm negative and the sound negative. Scanned in 4K by TransPerfect Media, the image was then digitally graded and cleaned to remove imperfections from the original elements. This project was carried out by the Studiocanal team, Sophie Boyer and Jean-Pierre Boiget. Restoration and digitisation with the support of the CNC.
Jean-Jacques Beineix's wonderfully stylish thriller was largely responsible for the renaissance of foreign language film in the UK in the early 80s.
The story of Jules (Andréi), an opera-obsessed courier whose bootleg recording of a rare concert by American diva Cynthia Hawkins (Wiggins Fernandez) is believed to be a tape connecting the chief of police with a Parisian vice ring precipitating a frantic search for its whereabouts by two murderous thugs (Dominique Pinon and Gérard Darmon).
‘Diva' marks Beineix's debut from the impressively taut novel by Delacorta creating a hybrid of genres: noir, new wave, and fairytale romance.
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