The Moon and the Stars
Appearance
The Moon and the Stars | |
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Directed by | John Irvin |
Written by | Peter Barnes Fabio Carpi |
Produced by | Roberto Bessi |
Starring | Alfred Molina Jonathan Pryce Catherine McCormack Rupert Friend |
Cinematography | Elemér Ragályi |
Edited by | Toby Yates |
Music by | Adriano Maria Vitali |
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Distributed by | Vivendi Entertainment Lightyear Entertainment |
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Countries | Hungary Italy United Kingdom |
Language | English |
The Moon and the Stars is a 2007 romantic drama film starring Jonathan Pryce, Alfred Molina, Catherine McCormack and directed by John Irvin.[1][2]
Plot
[edit]A wealthy Jewish homosexual film producer (Molina) is making a film based on Puccini's opera Tosca and a famous German diva (McCormack) is cast opposite a difficult English actor (Pryce). As filming gets under way on a sound stage in Rome, World War II in 1939 escalates around them threatening the film's completion.
Awards
[edit]- Winner - Best Film Editing (Toby Yates), Milan International Film Festival
- Winner - Best Production Design (Amedeo Fago), Milan International Film Festival
See also
[edit]- Tosca (Italian film, released 1941)
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- The Moon and the Stars at IMDb
- The Moon and the Stars at AllMovie
- The Moon and the Stars at Rotten Tomatoes
Categories:
- 2007 films
- 2007 romantic drama films
- English-language Hungarian films
- English-language Italian films
- Films directed by John Irvin
- Hungarian romantic drama films
- Films about Fascist Italy
- Films about filmmaking
- Films about opera
- 2000s English-language films
- English-language romantic drama films
- Hungarian film stubs
- 2000s romantic drama film stubs