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A fabulous romantic comedy to close out another incredible season of the world’s most beautiful cinema, set in the brutal world of opera singing competitions from award-winning director Ben Lewin (The Sessions, The Catcher Was A Spy).
Following a brilliant young fund manager named Millie (Danielle Macdonald, Patti Cake$, Dumplin), who quits her job and ends things with her long-term boyfriend in order to fulfill her dream of becoming an opera singer - in the Scottish Highlands. She begins intense vocal training lessons with renowned but fearsome singing teacher and former opera diva Meghan Geoffrey-Bishop (Joanna Lumley) who believes that only with a broken heart can you really learn how to sing. It is there she meets Max, another of Meghan's students who is also training for the upcoming "Singer of Renown" contest. The competition between Millie and Max gradually evolves into something different and deeper as Meghan manipulates their love lives of to get the best performance out of them.
Reviews:
“LUMLEY IS A SCREAM” – SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS
“ENDEARING, CLEVER AND FUNNY, WITH STIRRING ACTING AND SINGING, FALLING FOR FIGARO IS A HEARTWARMING FODDER” - WHAT SHE SAID
“FALLING FOR FIGARO IS UPLIFTING AND JOYFUL, TUGGING ON THE HEART STRINGS” - COMMON SENSE MEDIA
Director: Ben Lewin
Starring: Joanna Lumley, Danielle Macdonald, Hugh Skinner, Shazad Latif, Vicki Pepperdine, Rebecca Benson, Gary Lewis.
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Release Date: 24 February 2022
Country: UK
Running Time: 105 minutes
Language: English
COARSE LANGUAGE
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