La pietra del paragone

Movie·2007·2h 41m

La pietra del paragone

Directed By

Philippe Béziat

Country

France

Language

Italian

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The Story

LA PIETRA DEL PARAGONE (The Touchstone) concerns the Count Asdrubale who is wealthy and therefore of great interest to many women – notably Aspasia, Fulvia, and Clarice. Only Clarice, however, loves him for something other than his riches. There are also male hangers-on: the corrupt journalist Macrobio, the poetaster Pacuvio, and Giocondo, who is Asdrubale's true friend, but who has his own eyes on Clarice. To test his friends and would-be fiancées, Asdrubale pretends that he has been bankrupted. Sure enough, only Clarice and Giocondo stand by him, and when his fortune is "miraculously" saved, the three have the last laugh on everyone else... or do they? This production is set in what looks like the early 1960s. But the real innovation is the use of blue screen technology: using tiny cameras and sets, along gigantic screens hanging over the stage, a kind of video mixing makes the singers appear to inhabit any number of fanciful settings and perform a myriad of improbable actions.

Written By

Luigi Romanelli

Music

Gioacchino Rossini

Themes

operaentrapmentcountgold diggerbankruptcywealthy mannobleman

Production House

Naive Film
Les Films du Point du Jour
Unitel Classics

Audience Score

80%

1 votes

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Perfection44%

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Cast

Sonia Prina

Sonia Prina

La marquesa Clarice

Jennifer Holloway

Jennifer Holloway

La baronessa Aspasia

Laura Giordano

Laura Giordano

Donna Fulvia

François Lis

Il conte Asdrubale

José Manuel Zapata

Il cavalier Giocondo

Joan Martín-Royo

Macrobio

Christian Senn

Pacuvio

Filippo Polinelli

Fabrizio

Jean-Christophe Spinosi

Jean-Christophe Spinosi

Self - Conductor

Gioacchino Rossini

Gioacchino Rossini

Self - Composer

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Crew

Gioacchino Rossini

Gioacchino Rossini

Original Music Composer

Philippe Béziat

Philippe Béziat

Director

Luigi Romanelli

Writer

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