Pavarotti, Birth of a Pop Star (2017)
Although he is unanimously credited with having democratised opera, making it accessible to the greatest number, focus is rarely put on the strategy he devised and implemented in order to carry out his actions, nor what his actions reveal of the man and artist, and of the resulting metamorphosis from opera singer to pop artist. Through this angle, this film sets out to pay tribute to the man who summed up his credo, obsession and life’s work, in the following way: “They led the public to believe that classical music belonged to a restricted elite. I was the way to prove to the world that was wrong.
Director: René-Jean Bouyer
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Luciano Pavarotti as Self (archive footage) |
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Éric Chantelauze as Narrator |
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Plácido Domingo as Self |
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Sting as Self |
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Zubin Mehta as Self |
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Ève Ruggieri as Self |
| Directing | René-Jean Bouyer | Director |
| Production | Massimo My | Producer |
| Writing | René-Jean Bouyer | Writer |
| Writing | Romain Pieri | Writer |
| Production | Marie Drogue | Producer |
| Camera | Jean-Louis Sonzogni | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Laurence Rossi | Editor |
| Camera | Franklin Burger | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Alexandre Switon | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Michel Bisson | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Markus Zeffler | Director of Photography |
