Diva
dir. Jean-Jacques Beineix · 1981
Plot
A young opera-loving mailman, Jules, becomes inadvertently entangled in murder, when a young woman fleeing two mob hit men drops an incriminating cassette into his mailbag. Jules has just recently recorded opera star Cynthia Hawkins' latest concert, something of a coup as Hawkins refuses to make recordings of any kind. Soon Jules finds himself the target of the hit men, who want the voice recording, and also of another couple of ominous and mysterious agents.
Why watch
A young mailman named Jules finds himself in a perilous situation when a fleeing woman drops a cassette into his bag, leading him into a world of organized crime and artistic obsession. Watching this film is like navigating a labyrinth of sound and shadow, where every corner turned reveals a new layer of danger and beauty.