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Films with theme "Films based on operas", sorted by production date

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The Girl from Nagasaki
The Girl from Nagasaki (2013)
, 1h47
Origin German
Genres Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on operas
Actors Christopher Lee, Edoardo Ponti, Sasha Alexander, Michael Wincott, Michael Nyqvist, Robert Evans

The film is a reworking of Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly, in which the tragic heroine is obsessed with an American pilot.
The Magic Flute
The Magic Flute (2006)
, 2h13
Directed by Kenneth Branagh
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on operas
Actors Derrick O'Connor, Liz Smith, Brendan Patricks, Jimmy Yuill, Christopher Fosh

La Reine de la nuit demande au prince Tamino de retrouver sa fille Pamina, qui a été enlevée par un prêtre nommé Sarastro. Le prince part avec Papageno, un oiseleur. Lorsqu'ils retrouvent la princesse, ils découvrent que la situation n'est pas aussi tranchée que le disait la reine. Sarastro accepte l'union de Tamino et Pamina à condition qu'ils réussissent chacun leur parcours initiatique.
Dry Season
Dry Season (2006)
, 1h35
Directed by Mahamat Saleh Haroun
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on operas
Actors Youssouf Djaoro

Set in the wake of the long Chadian civil war, 16-year-old Atim (Ali Bacha Barkai) is sent by his grandfather to the city to kill Nassara (Youssouf Djaoro), the man who murdered his father before Atim's birth. Atim, carrying his father's gun, finds Nassara running a bakery. Unexpectedly, the taciturn Nassara takes Atim under his wing as the son he never had and begins teaching him how to run the bakery. The emotionally conflicted Atim is drawn into the life of Nassara and his pregnant wife (Aziza Hisseine), before a finale that Variety described as "sharp, fast and unexpected."
The School for Lovers
The School for Lovers (2006)
, 1h21
Directed by Lucas Kazan
Origin USA
Genres Pornographic
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Musical films, Films based on operas, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Jean Franko, Martin Dejdar

Alfonso (here played by Jean Franko) challenges his friends Ferrando and Guglielmo to the fidelity of their respective boyfriends, Dorino and Fiorino. Ferrando and Guglielmo insist their lovers are true, Alfonso sets out to test both. He takes his first stab at Dorino and summons Despino to help conquer Fiorino. Having lost their bets, Ferrando and Guglielmo surrender to Alfonso, who claims his prize.
U-Carmen eKhayelitsha
U-Carmen eKhayelitsha (2005)
, 2h
Directed by Mark Dornford-May
Origin South africa
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on operas

The film begins when Nomakhaya arrives at a Cape Town police station, looking for police sergeant Jongikhaya. He is out on patrol, so she decides to return later to avoid being harassed by the other officers. Meanwhile, Carmen and Amanda are going to work at the cigarette factory. They pass in front of Jongikhaya's police vehicle and Carmen yells at him for parking there. Nomakhaya eventually finds Jongikhaya and gives him a ring that his dying mother sent him: she urges him to return to his village to see his mother before she dies. A flashback reveals that Jongikhaya has been disowned by his mother after he drowned his brother during an argument. Later, the bored police officers decide to go to the cigarette factory to see the girls. Carmen is piqued when Jongikhaya reads his Bible and ignores her. She flirts with him and throws a rose into his car.
Aida of the Trees
Aida of the Trees (2001)
, 1h15
Origin Italie
Genres Fantasy, Animation
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on operas
Actors Simone D'Andrea

Le film se déroule dans l'univers d'Arborea. Aïda est la princesse d'un peuple qui vit dans les arbres, en harmonie avec la nature. Un jour, ils sont attaqués par les armées du royaume de Petra, dont la civilisation est fondée sur la technologie et vit dans d'immenses bâtiments de pierre. Aïda est faite prisonnière en défendant son royaume, mais le fils du roi de Petra, Radames, tombe amoureux d'elle. Tous deux s'efforcent alors de rétablir la paix.
H.E. Double Hockey Sticks
H.E. Double Hockey Sticks (1999)
, 1h36
Directed by Randall Miller
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about music and musicians, Sports films, Ice hockey films, Musical films, Films based on operas
Actors Will Friedle, Matthew Lawrence, Gabrielle Union, Shawn Pyfrom, Tara Spencer-Nairn, Kim Greist

Satan, in the form of Ms. Beelzebub (Rhea Perlman), sends apprentice demon Griffelkin (Friedle) to Earth's surface to steal the soul of a hotshot young hockey player named Dave (Lawrence), who aspires to be the youngest man to ever win the Stanley Cup.
Madame Butterfly
Madame Butterfly (1995)
, 2h15
Directed by Frédéric Mitterrand, Michel Debats
Origin France
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on operas
Actors Kamel Touati, Yoshi Oida

Le film respecte à la lettre le scénario de l'opéra Madame Butterfly de Puccini. Comme dans l'œuvre lyrique l'action se passa au Japon au début du XX siècle.