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Released
1981 · FILM

Diva

A Parisian postman who secretly records an opera diva’s performance becomes the unwitting courier of a mysterious cassette, forcing him to outrun ruthless assassins and protect the priceless recording before it falls into deadly hands.

Her voice was his calling.

Runtime
117 min
Language
FR
CrimeDramaMusic

Synopsis

Jules, a young postman in Paris, secretly records a concert performance by the opera singer Cynthia Hawkins, whom he greatly admires. The next day, he encounters a woman being chased by armed assailants. Just before she is killed, the woman places an audio cassette into his mail bag.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 19

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Monique PrimShot by Philippe RousselotScored by Vladimir CosmaDesigned by Hilton Mcconnico

Box Office

1981 · Box office

Grossed $2.9M worldwide

Worldwide gross

$2.9M

Worldwide gross$2.9M

Re-release box office

20222 theaters
$103K($116K today)

Domestic gross earned in theatrical re-release, by year · adjusted for inflation

Also known as

  • Divade

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