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Completed - ENGLISH - Drama, Comedy - 90 minutes

Log Line

A quintessentially British comedy about professional rivalry, friendship, love and last chances as four famous opera singers forced to put aside their differences for one final performance.

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2009 (Debut)
  • Cannes 2011 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2011

Director(s) : Dustin HOFFMAN
Writer(s) : Ronald HARWOOD
Cast : Maggie SMITH, Tom COURTENAY, Pauline COLLINS, Billy CONNOLLY, Michael GAMBON

Producer(s) : Stewart MACKINNON (Headline Pictures), Finola DWYER (Finola Dwyer Productions)

Synopsis

On a summer’s day in a home for retired musicians, three old friends, once the brightest stars of the opera world, are joking and reminiscing until their tranquillity is shattered by a surprise new arrival. This is a wicked, funny and joyous play about the eccentricities of age, art and the celebratory power of the human spirit.

Production

Country(ies) : UNITED KINGDOM

Financing plan : Development financed by BBC Films. A coproduction with BBC Films.

Start of shooting : September 2011

AUSTRALIA SBS TELEVISION
AUSTRALIA TRANSMISSION FI
AUSTRIA Jan 25, 2013 FILMLADEN GMBH
DENMARK TV 2 DENMARK
FRANCE Apr 03, 2013 PYRAMIDE DISTRI
FRANCE PYRAMIDE INTERN
GERMANY DEGETO FILM GMB
GERMANY DCM FILM DISTRI
HONG KONG GOLDEN SCENE CO
HUNGARY ADS SERVICE LTD
ISRAEL LEV CINEMAS LTD
ITALY BIM DISTRIBUZIO
JAPAN GAGA CORPORATIO
NETHERLAND May 09, 2013 A-FILM BENELUX
POLAND BEST FILM CO
SOUTH AFRI STER-KINEKOR FI
SPAIN Jan 25, 2013 VERTIGO FILMS
SWEDEN Feb 01, 2013 SF STUDIOS
TAIWAN ATOM CINEMA

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