Aria

May 27, 1987

1h 37m

★ 5.3

Ten great directors. One unforgettable film. The most sensual experience you'll ever have in a movie theater.

Overview

Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, and Nicolas Roeg. Each short uses an aria as soundtrack/sound, and is an interpretation of the particular aria.

Genres

Music

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Lightyear Entertainment

Virgin Vision

Aria Trailers

Cast

The Actor

John Hurt

King Zog

Theresa Russell

The Young Girl

Sophie Ward

Preston

Buck Henry

Gilda

Beverly D'Angelo

Phoebe

Anita Morris

Jake

Gary Kasper

Marietta

Elizabeth Hurley

Paul

Peter Birch

Lover

Bridget Fonda

Lover

James Mathers

Young Girl

Tilda Swinton

Gunder Jomann lives in the small place of Elvestad. He prepares to receive his wife, Poona Bai, who he met and married in India. Gunder gets delayed when his sister is injured in a car accident and he sends the local taxidriver to transport her to him at the hospital but the chauffeur do not find her. The following day the body of a foreign woman is found on a meadow, few meters from Gunders house. Inspector Konrad Sejer tries to unravel the mystery and discoveres soon that the dead person is Gunder's wife, Poona. Who killed her, and why?

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6.3

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