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Falling for Figaro

Synopsis

From acclaimed director Ben Lewin (THE SESSIONS), FALLING FOR FIGARO is a romantic comedy set in the fierce world of opera singing competitions, starring Danielle Macdonald (DUMPLIN', PATTI CAKE$, SKIN) and Joanna Lumley (ME BEFORE YOU, THE WOLF OF WALL STREET, ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS). Millie (Macdonald) is a brilliant young fund manager who decides to leave her unfulfilling job and long-term boyfriend behind to chase her lifelong 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 (Lumley). It is there she meets Max, another of Meghan’s students who is also training for the upcoming “Singer of Renown” contest. What begins as a brutal competition between Millie and Max slowly turns into something more…

Details

Year
2020
Type of project
Features
Running time
105 min
Director
Ben Lewin
Producer
Philip Wade, Judi Levine, Arabella Page Croft
Screenwriter
Ben Lewin, Allan Palmer
Director of Photography
Nic Lawson
Production Designer
Luciana Arrighi
Composer
Cezary Skubiszewski
Principal cast
Danielle Macdonald, Joanna Lumley, Hugh Skinner

Genre

Comedy

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Such Much Films

Santa Monica, CA 90405
USA

Wade Brothers Films

Australia

Black Camel Pictures

Film City
401 Govan Road
Glasgow G51 2QJ
UK

Sales Company

WestEnd Films

Shepherds Building Central
Charecroft Way
London W14 0EE
UK

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