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Diva (1981)

Directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix · Cinematography by Philippe Rousselot

R117 min61 frames

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Her voice was his calling.

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Diva — official trailer

What is Diva about?

Jules, a young Parisian postman, secretly records a concert performance given by the opera singer Cynthia Hawkins, whom he idolises. The following day, Jules runs into a woman who is being pursued by armed thugs. Before she is killed, the woman slips an audio cassette into his mail bag...

Diva is a 1981 French thriller film directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix, adapted from the novel Diva by Daniel Odier. It eschewed the realist mood of the 1970s French cinema and instead adopted a colourful, melodic style, later described as cinéma du look. The mixture of "film noir, opera and art-house styles" did not please the producers, but was more to the liking of the Canadian audience at the Toronto International Film Festival where it was screened and achieved a "Critics' Choice" in 1981.

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What does the cinematography of Diva look like?

Across 61 sampled frames, Diva builds its coverage from medium shots (39% of the sample), with close-ups (21%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Philippe Rousselot keeps 48% of it in soft, low-key light. 52% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame.

What is the color palette of Diva?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Diva (1981) are #0b0a0b, #2d2f30, #d0d1d0, #2c374f, #f0f1f1, #0c1528 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #0c1528

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