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Plot Summary:
"Inspired by a fable by La Fontaine, [composer Jean-Philippe] Rameau produced perhaps his most brilliant music for his penultimate great work, blending reality and the surreal on several levels." — from the DVD back cover.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 41
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Country: France
Duration: 204 min
Plot tags: baroque
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Portrait of a Knight (2018)
Plot Summary:
Portrait of a Knight is a musical romance about the way in which historic ideals inform contemporary urban life. Rachel is a young archivist living and working in Wellington, New Zealand. Feeling alone and disconnected from life, she projects her romantic fantasies onto the paintings she loves, until one day her song brings Reginald - a Knight of the Realm - to life. His carefree innocence and zest for life begin to open Rachel up to the beauty around her, but the fates have a way of making trouble when miracles occur.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 7
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: unusual plot structure, captivating, visually appealing
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The Nutcracker (2008)
Plot Summary:
This version of "The Nutcracker" gives the classic ballet a tragic spin, with Masha (instead of Clara) now the unloved, unappreciated daughter of the Town Council President. At a Christmas party, Masha is given a seemingly alive Nutcracker by her Uncle Drosselmeyer, and Masha instantly is enchanted with it. The toys come to life at midnight, and after Masha helps the Nutcracker defeat attacking mice, he takes her to his kingdom, where he is later revealed to be a handsome Prince. The Prince and Masha fall deeply in love, but their "happy ending" has a morbid twist not found in any other "Nutcracker".
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 31
Genere: Fantasy, Music, Romance
Country: Russia, France
Duration: 103 min
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La fille du régiment (2007)
Plot Summary:
This version of Donizetti’s comic opera zooms right to the top of any list of essential videos for opera fans. In this action filled physical comedy, the beautiful tomboy Marie was found on a battlefield as a baby and adopted, not by one soldier but by an entire regiment. When Marie falls—quite literally—into the arms of the handsome Tonio, her military dads jump to protect her to stop a possible marriage. LA FILLE DU RÉGIMENT may not be the composer’s best work, but given a top-notch production with world class singing actors, it brings vocal thrills and an abundance of laughs, a combination that’s hard to beat. The stars are Juan Diego Flórez and Natalie Dessay, both unbeatable in bel canto roles, and both in top form here.
IMDB Rating: 8.8
IMDB Votes: 50
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 127 min
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Into the Woods (2011)
Plot Summary:
Into the Woods takes the stories of the Brothers Grimm and gives them a dark and humorous twist. The popular tales of Red Ridinghood, Jack (of Beanstalk fame), Cinderella and Rapunzel are interwoven with that of the Baker and his Wife and their quest to have a child. However this re-telling goes beyond "happily ever after" as the familiar characters find themselves in unfamiliar circumstances and hopes and dreams are questioned and revisited.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 134
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 153 min
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Offenbach: Les Contes D'Hoffman (1981)
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Seeking to exorcise the failure of his current love affair, the poet Hoffmann tells the tales of his three past loves - the doll-like Olympia, the high-class courtesan Giulietta, and the ambitious but delicate Antonia - and recalls how each was thwarted by the evil influence of his rival. In this production by the distinguished film director, John Schlesinger, with spectacular designs by Maria Bjornson and William Dudley, Offenbach's nightmare world is brought to life. The all-star cast is headed by Placido Domingo as Hoffmann: his three loves are Ileana Cotrubas, Anges Baltsa and Luciana Serra and the manifestations of his rival are sung by Geraint Evans, Robert Lloyd, Siegmund Nimsgern and Nicola Ghiuselev. The score, which includes such favourites as the "Barcarolle" and the "Doll's Song", is conducted by Georges Pretre.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 62
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 159 min
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Les Indes Galantes (2004)
Plot Summary:
"William Christie and Les Arts Florissants propel this exuberant production of Jean-Philippe Rameau's second opera to great heights. Andrei Serban's extravagant, highly baroque staging presents the four exotic love stories vibrantly. In 'Le Turc généreux' Osman sets free his captive, Emilie, whom he loves, so that she may be reunited with her former lover, Valère; 'Les Incas de Pérou' is all about the rivalry of the Inca Huascar and the Spaniard Don Carlos, both in pursuit of Princess Phani; 'Les Fleurs' offers a Persian love intrigue, as the Sultana Fatime tries to detect whether her husband Tacmas has his eye on the lovely Atalide; and 'Les Sauvages' takes us to North America, where a Spaniard and a Frenchman compete for the love of Zima, daughter of a native chief, who prefers one of her own people." — from the DVD cover.
IMDB Rating: 8.8
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Music, Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 190 min
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Le Comte Ory (1997)
Plot Summary:
Glyndebourne's intimate opera house provides the perfect setting for Rossini's third French opera, a sparkling medieval comedy of lust and chastity.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 10
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: UK
Duration:
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The Man from Snowy River: Arena Spectacular (2003)
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Jim Ryan and Kate Conroy love each other, but John Conroy stands in the way of their happiness until Jim Ryan recaptures a prized colt.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance, Western
Country: Australia
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: funny
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The Mikado (1987)
Plot Summary:
Nanki-Poo, the son of the Mikado, leaves home and disguises himself as a musician to escape a distasteful marriage - and meets a beautiful girl, Yum-Yum, with whom he falls in love. He desperately wants to marry her, but obstacles are cast in his way by Yum-Yum's guardian, Ko-Ko, the Lord High Executioner, who is also in love with Yum-Yum and has every intention of marrying her, himself. Also causing problems is Katisha, Nanki-Poo's jilted bride, who arrives in Titipu in the company of Nanki-Poo's father, the Mikado.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 32
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: Australia
Duration:
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Life Is a Bed of Roses (1983)
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In this whimsical fable, Resnais deftly interweaves three story lines: the creation of an early-20th-century utopia; romantic high jinks at a school conference; and a fantasy sparked by F/X pioneer Georges Méliès.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Musical
Country: France
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: clever, offbeat, humorous, serious, witty, stylized
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Dark at Noon (1992)
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In this mystical comedy, Felicien has traveled to Portugal from France soon after the end of the First World War. It seems that his recently deceased father had invested a lot of money in a factory located in a remote village, and he has come to evaluate that investment. He gets some clues to the real situation in the town when the man driving his coach refuses to go any further and leaves him on a section of road which is practically paved with abandoned crutches. After a short trek, he meets up with the local dignitary who is to show him around, and he meets a priest and an artist. The priest gives a further clue to the events taking place in the village when he indicates that he's completely exasperated with the endless miracles that seem to be taking place. From that point onward, amazing coincidences, visions and miracles take place in great numbers.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 143
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: France, Portugal
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: allegory
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L'Incoronazione di Poppea (2000)
Plot Summary:
Experience Claudio Monteverdi's three-act opera in the environment it was meant to be seen with this release of a filmed performance captured live during a 2000 production staged at the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence in France. Mireille Delunsch, Anne Sofie Von Otter, and Sylvie Brunet star, and conductor Marc Minkowski leads the Les Musiciens du Louvre, Grenoble. Klaus Michael Grüber directs for stage.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 14
Genere: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 166 min
Plot tags: baroque
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Alcina (2000)
Plot Summary:
Handel's Alcina. Anonymous libretto, adapted from the libretto of Riccardo Broschi's "L'isola d'Alcina", based on Ludovico Ariosto's "Orlando furioso" (uncredited).
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 30
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Music
Country: Germany
Duration: 159 min
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Così fan tutte (2006)
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Mozart's genius in setting to music da Ponte's comic play of love, infidelity and forgiveness marks COSI FAN TUTTE as one of the great works of art from the Age of Enlightenment. Nicholas Hytner's beautiful new production, with its sure touch and theatrical know-how, lives up to its promise to be "shockingly traditional" as Iván Fischer teases artful performances from an outstanding international cast of convincing young lovers.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 28
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 210 min
Plot tags: psychological, funny, light, philosophical, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Oh! Calcutta! (1972)
Plot Summary:
Based on the controversial off-Broadway musical comedy revue, "Oh! Calcutta! is a series of musical numbers about sex and sexual mores. Most of the skits feature one or more performers in either a state of undress, simulating sex, or both.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 297
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: erotic, sketch comedy, independent film
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The Invisible Woman (2009)
Plot Summary:
Once assuming people ignored her because they weren't interested, Lili begins to suspect that she might be literally invisible.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 157
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
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Chinese In Paris (1974)
Plot Summary:
Overnight, Paris is invaded - although peacefully - but the Chinese Army, and millions of Chinese people... It's the Nazi occupation all over again, with modern - funny - twists.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 683
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 109 min
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La Didone (2011)
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Live performance by Les Arts Florissants at the Théâtre de Caen, recorded on 18 Octorber 2011. "One of the earliest operas deserving of the name, Didone is our first surviving musical version of the famous episode in Virgil's Aeneid where the Trojan Hero loves and then cruelly leaves the noble Dido." — from the DVD back cover.
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Genere: Drama, Musical
Country: France
Duration: 176 min
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Stiffelio (2012)
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Part of Tutto Verdi series - Stiffelio (2012) Parma. 'Stiffelio' is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi, from an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. The origin of this was the novel “Le pasteur d’hommes”, by Émile Souvestre, which was published in 1838. This was adapted into the French play 'Le pasteur, ou L'évangile et le foyer' by Émile Souvestre and Eugène Bourgeois. That was in turn translated into Italian by Gaetano Vestri as 'Stifellius'; this formed the basis of Piave's libretto.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 9
Genere: Drama, Musical
Country: Germany, Italy
Duration: 118 min
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The Cave of the Silken Web (1967)
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Monkey King, Pig and Friar Sand must rescue his master Buddhist monk from seven witches / spiders who believe themselves to be immortal if they eat the monk's flesh. The third part of the Shaw Brothers film series about Monkey King after the novel "Journey to the West.".
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 195
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: campy
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (1982)
Plot Summary:
Theseus has defeated Hippolyta in battle, and now claims her as his bride. But before the nuptials begin, a pair of young lovers flee into the forest to be married, pursued by a pair of not-lovers. There, in the forest, live the fairies whose lives are in turmoil, due to the heated lovers' quarrels between their rulers, Oberon and Titania. Between the fairies, an ass's head, the lovers, a troupe of unsuspecting would-be actors, and a magic flower that can make people fall in love at first sight, it's a merry night of chaos and comedy until everything is put to rights.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 97
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration:
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Not Everybody's Lucky Enough to Have Communist Parents (1993)
Plot Summary:
Irène, a strong french believer of communist utopia, is the happiest one when the Red Army Chorus announce they are coming to the Parisian stage.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 322
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: offbeat, humorous, serious, realistic, sexual, sexy
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Turandot (1983)
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From the world famous Arena of Verona, an international cast perform one of Puccini's best loved operas. The cruel Princess Turandot, ruler of China, will only wed a prince who can answer correctly her three riddles. Those who fail are executed. Prince Calaf, son of the exiled king of Tartary, falls in love with Turandot as soon as he sets eyes on her, and despite the protestations of his friends and family sets out to pass her test.
IMDB Rating: 9.2
IMDB Votes: 28
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Music
Country: Italy
Duration: 116 min
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Notre Dame de Paris - Live Arena di Verona (2002)
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A musical adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel "Notre Dame de Paris" which follows the gypsy dancer Esmeralda and the three men who vie for her love: the kind hunchback Quadimodo, the twisted priest Frollo, and the unfaithful soldier Phoebus.
IMDB Rating: 9.0
IMDB Votes: 152
Genere: Musical, Music, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 130 min
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Let There Be Light! (1998)
Plot Summary:
God comes to Earth in order to make a film.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 150
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 110 min
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Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
Plot Summary:
A typically Beatlesque film originally produced for television, this short film was intended to be an off-the-wall road movie with the Beatles and three dozen or so friends on a psychedelic bus.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: road movie, psychedelic, art film, cult classic, offbeat, feel good, humorous, surreal, stylized, non-linear
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From Behind (1999)
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Frédérique's mother has died recently leaving her the family stud farm. She's never met her father, doesn't even know his name. But she finds it on the back of an old photo. She sets off for Paris. She stays with her gay dancer pal Marc. Marc and friends decide to go to their favourite gay bar... but it's men only. So Frédérique becomes Frédéric, an effeminate gay boy... Frédérique follows her father. Pierre Arroux is an art curator - and gay. She introduces herself to him, but as Frédéric. So while Frédéric is quite an awkward young man and an embarrassment to his father, Frédérique is secretly meeting with her old boyfriend now living in Paris.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 584
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 102 min
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Forbidden Zone (1980)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious door in the basement of the Hercules house leads to the Sixth Dimension by way of a gigantic set of intestine. When Frenchy slips through the door, King Fausto falls in love with her. The jealous Queen Doris takes Frenchy prisoner, and it is up to the Hercules family and friend Squeezit Henderson to rescue her.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: psychedelic, cult classic, grindhouse, black and white, sexy, psychotronic, humorous, stylized, mind bending, mindfuck
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Sinderella and the Golden Bra (1964)
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Prince David is having trouble finding a bride amongst the maidens of the village, so his father decides to hold a masked ball. Sinderella, an adopted French orphan, puts up with abuse from her stepmother and two stepsisters, and is not allowed to go to the ball. She is despondent until her inebriated fairy godfather appears and fixes her up real pretty and sends her on to the ball, with the admontion that she must return by midnight. Sinderella and the Prince get along famously, but the time flies and she leaves in a hurry, dropping her gilded support in her haste. The Prince mounts a desperate search for his loved one, requiring all the maidens of the village to try on the forgotten garment.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 200
Genere: Comedy, Musical, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: erotic, fairy tale, independent film
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The Three Kings (2001)
Plot Summary:
The Three Wise Men – Balthazar, Melchior and Gaspard – are on their way to Bethlehem to pay homage to the infant Jesus when they are suddenly, an inexplicably, transported two thousand years into the future. They find themselves walking the streets of Paris, where they encounter a young woman called Macha who, they are convinced, will lead them to the newborn Messiah.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, humorous, captivating, entertaining, funny