宝贝·珍妮·汉德森(贝蒂·戴维斯 Bette Davis 饰)曾是风靡一时的童星,整个汉德森家都依靠她的收入过活,这使她的性格变得日益扭曲和跋扈。比起珍妮,作为姐姐的布兰奇·汉德森(琼·克劳馥 Joan Crawford 饰)不过是一只不足挂齿的丑小鸭,不仅妹妹对自己视若无睹,就连父亲对她都大呼小叫态度恶劣,忍气吞声的布兰奇在心中埋下了仇恨的种子。成年后的姐妹两地位发生了逆转,珍妮的愚蠢和怪癖让她逐渐过气,而颇有姿色的布兰奇倒是在演艺圈获得了空前的成功,尽管布兰奇处处提携珍妮,但珍妮无法平衡内心的落差,总是想方设法和姐姐作对。
一场突如其来的车祸使得布兰奇永远失去了双腿,珍妮也因此变得疯疯癫癫,布兰奇想把珍妮送进医院,珍妮却想消抹布兰奇的存在,彻底的取代她的位置。最亲近的两个女人在一处隐秘的别墅里开始了相互折磨的生活,而在这生活之下,似乎还隐藏着什么不可告人的秘密。
Synopsis
A sudden gunshot destroys the dream of two lovers. The fate of Orpheus and Eurydice is a cruel one. On their wedding day, her soul is kidnapped and taken down into the Netherworld. Under a metaphysical sky Charon, the taxi driver, waits for the crime to be committed.
COMMENTARY
The movie is an opera-musical with an immersive and transmedial language. The myth is transposed into the contemporary age: Charon is a taxi driver and we go from Paris half under water to the stage of the Teatro Regio in Turin, in a play of musical references that range from Puccini to Händel, from Verdi to Gluck, from Vivaldi to Frankie Goes to Hollywood. And the images fuse words, lyric opera, fashion and the visual arts, between the real and the virtual.
DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT
We created an unexpected encounter between acting and lyric opera, between pop, special effects and images filled with symbolism. Bringing into a cast of extraordinary actors such as Vincent Cassel, Fanny Ardant and Rossy De Palma two young artists selected among hundreds of lyric opera singers: Valentino Buzza and Mariam Battistelli.