Meeting Venus

IMDb link: 0102428
IMDb rating: 6.6 (1,493 votes)
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director: Niels Arestrup, Istvan Szabo
Cast: Glenn Close, Kiri Te Kanawa, René Kollo and others

Release date: 1 Dec 1991
Release year: 1991
Runtime: 119 minutes
Country: United Kingdom, Japan, United States
Keywords: backstage drama, backstage, freedom, internal affairs, black comedy, reference to wagner, female protagonist, precarious work in capitalism, hungarian film director, opera house

Plot:

A deliciously biting satire about both the world of Grand Opera and United Europe. A Hungarian conductor attempts to mount a bold new production of Richard Wagner's "Tannhauser" while navigating the snares and pitfalls of artistic egos, rampant nationalism, internal company and union politics, and precarious funding.

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