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Meeting Venus is a 1991 British–American-Japanese film directed by the Hungarian director István Szabó and starring Glenn Close and Niels Arestrup. The movie was filmed in Budapest, Hungary.
Meeting Venus: Directed by István Szabó. With Glenn Close, Niels Arestrup, Kiri Te Kanawa, René Kollo. A deliciously biting satire about both the world of Grand Opera and United Europe.
- (1.4K)
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- István Szabó
- 1991-12
Dec 13, 1991 · Meeting Venus. Roger Ebert December 13, 1991. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. As the new Europe edges uncertainly toward its future, the parts uneasily eye the whole. There are not only the obvious problems of language and culture, but also ideas about work and love and art.
Synopsis. Celebrated Swedish opera star Karin Anderson is slated to appear in an internationally-telecast production of Tannhauser. Ms. Anderson balks at the notion of working with obscure Hungarian conductor Zoltan Szanto. The much-anticipated production may never get off the ground, thanks to labor-management difficulties, intramural ...
- István Szabó
- 8
- Glenn Close
Amidst all this chaos, the mismatched Anderson and Szanto fall in love. Celebrated Swedish opera star Karin Anderson is slated to appear in an internationally-telecast production of Tannhauser. Ms. Anderson balks at the notion of working with obscure Hungarian conductor Zoltan Szanto.
Directed by István Szabó. Celebrated Swedish opera star Karin Anderson is slated to appear in an internationally-telecast production of Tannhauser. Ms. Anderson balks at the notion of working with obscure Hungarian conductor Zoltan Szanto.
An opera star (Glenn Close) falls for a married Hungarian conductor (Niels Arestrup) trying to do Wagner's "Tannhauser."
- (5)
- Romance, Comedy, Drama
- PG-13
