Farinelli

Founded in 2002 as one of the first-ever subscription film services with its DVD-of-the-Month Film Club, Film Movement is now a North American distributor of award-winning independent and foreign films based in New York City. In 2015, Film Movement launched the reissue label Film Movement Classics featuring new restorations released theatrically as well as on home video, with an emphasis on films by auteur directors such as Eric Rohmer, Peter Greenaway and Takeshi Kitano.

In the 18th century during Handel's time, no man was more famous or more celebrated than the castrato, Farinelli. The incredible, true story of the world famous opera singer - who was castrated during childhood in order to preserve his voice - comes to life in this Oscar-nominated drama of high notes and even higher passions.

directed by: Gerard Corbiau
starring: Stefano Dionisi, Enrico Lo Verso, Elsa Zylberstein, Caroline Cellier, Jeroen Krabbé
1994 / 111 min / 1.85:1 / French, Italian Stereo

Additional info:

• Region Free Blu-ray
• Making-Of featurette, Farinelli: Nostalgia for a Lost Voice
• Cast and crew interviews featurette, Farinelli: the Birth of a Voice
• New essay by film critic Kenji Fujishima
• English subtitles