{"id":9117,"date":"2021-09-08T01:44:09","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T01:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/?page_id=9117"},"modified":"2021-10-11T01:18:39","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T01:18:39","slug":"the-opera","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/the-opera\/","title":{"rendered":"THE OPERA (L\u2019OP\u00c9RA) (Season 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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THE OPERA (L\u2019OP\u00c9RA)
\n(Season 1)<\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider size=”20″][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#d41953″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1633915078355{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Wednesday, November 3<\/strong> – Melville Theatre \u2013 9:00 am
\n(Screening ends at 10:30 am)
\n<\/em>Thursday, November 4<\/strong> – Melville Theatre – 11:00 am
\n(Screening ends at 12:30 pm)
\n<\/em>Friday, November 5<\/strong> – Melville Theatre \u2013 1:00 pm
\n(Screening ends at 2:30 pm)
\n<\/em>Saturday, November 6<\/strong> – Melville Theatre \u2013 3:00 pm
\n(Screening ends at 4:30 pm)
\n<\/em>Sunday, November 7<\/strong> – Melville Theatre \u2013 5:30 pm
\n(Screening ends at 7:35 pm)<\/em><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1633915102764{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Presented in Association with:<\/span><\/p>\n

Newen Connect,
\nOrange Studio,
\nUnifrance,
\nTitraFilm<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_image src=”https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/free-sn-rsvp-1.jpg” image_size=”full” align=”center”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#d41953″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1631065493671{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]North American Premiere\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>|\u00a0TV Series |France\u00a0|\u00a02021\u00a0|\u00a0Drama\u00a0|\u00a08 x 45\u00a0min\u00a0|\u00a0Episodes 1 & 2 |
\nIn French with English subtitles<\/p>\n

Directed by:<\/strong> St\u00e9phane Demoustier, C\u00e9cile Ducrocq, Inti Calfat, Dirk Verheye, La\u00efla Marrakchi
\nCreated by:<\/strong> C\u00e9cile Ducrocq, Benjamin Adams
\nWritten by:<\/strong> C\u00e9cile Ducrocq, Benjamin Adams, Simon Jablonka
\nProduced by:<\/strong> Florence Levard (Victoria Productions, Telfrance), Christophe Toutlemonde
\nCinematography:<\/strong> David Chambille, Beno\u00eet Dervaux
\nFilm Editing:<\/strong> Stijn Deconinck, Gert Van Berckelaer, Koen Timmerman
\nOriginal Score:<\/strong> Marco Prince
\nCast:<\/strong> Ariane Labed (Zoe), Suzy Bemba (Flora), Rapha\u00ebl Personnaz (S\u00e9bastien), Damien Chapelle (Sasha), Loris Freeman (Jonas), Audrey Gorlenko (Russian Dancer), Maud Jurez (Louise), Sarah Le Picard (Tiphaine)
\nInternational Sales:<\/strong> Newen Connect
\nOriginal Broadcast:<\/strong> OCS, September 7, 2021<\/p>\n

The Opera<\/strong><\/em> plunges us into the ultra-romantic universe of the Op\u00e9ra de Paris, that mythic temple of classical dance ensconced in the glittering Palais Garnier.\u00a0 But this behind-the-scenes intrigue goes far beyond tutus and stardust, to reveal the dark underbelly of that monolithic icon, as we follow the paths of three of its protagonists \u2014 Zo\u00e9, an aging prima ballerina with a decadent lifestyle, who is suddenly threatened with expulsion; Flora, an aspiring young Black dancer eager to break into that venerable, often-impenetrable, universe; and S\u00e9bastien, the company\u2019s ruthlessly ambitious new Dance Director, desperate to prove himself.\u00a0 With equal parts sumptuous homage and social commentary, The Opera takes a deep dive into the cut-throat politics behind a major cultural institution.<\/p>\n

Series co-creator C\u00e9cile Ducrocq<\/strong> made her directorial d\u00e9but with the short film Everyone Says I Love You<\/em> (2011), which garnered the Unifrance Special Prize at Cannes and the Jury Award at COLCOA 2012. Another short, Back Alley<\/em> (2014) was screened at the Cannes International Critic\u2019s Week sidebar and the Sundance Film Festival, and nabbed a C\u00e9sar Award for Best Short Film. She has been writing for television since 2008, most notably on three hit series \u2014 Maison Close<\/em> (2013), The Bureau<\/em> (2015-2020), and Call My Agent!<\/em> (COLCOA 2016 & 2017). Her Way<\/em>, Ducrocq<\/strong>\u2019s first feature as writer\/director, premiered at this year\u2019s Deauville Film Festival.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][mk_image src=”https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/opera-fr.jpg” image_size=”full” frame_style=”gray_border” align=”center”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1631065116965{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”] THE OPERA (L\u2019OP\u00c9RA) (Season 1) [\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider size=”20″][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#d41953″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1633915078355{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”] Wednesday, November 3 – Melville Theatre \u2013 9:00 am (Screening ends at 10:30 am) Thursday, November 4 – Melville Theatre – 11:00 am (Screening ends at 12:30 pm) Friday, November 5 – Melville Theatre \u2013 1:00 pm (Screening […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9117","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9117"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10122,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9117\/revisions\/10122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}