
A behind-the-scenes look at the Paris Opera, under the direction of Stephane Lissner.... (Full plot summary below)
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A behind-the-scenes look at the Paris Opera, under the direction of Stephane Lissner.
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| Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenCovering an eventful artistic season, Jean-Stéphane Bron’s The Paris Opera is a well-observed vérité portrait of a major cultural institution. |
| The New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe Paris Opera feels at once sprawling and insufficiently patient. |
| Washington PostKristen Page-KirbyThe Paris Opera is a good representation of the struggle behind the spectacle. In movies, though, it’s sometimes best to even out those proportions — a little less absolute truth, and a little more bull. |
| San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonFor a documentary about one of the most prestigious opera institutions in the world, The Paris Opera has, maddeningly, very little opera. |
| Village VoiceNick SchagerUnfortunately, the film has nothing much to say other than that the enterprise is inherently complicated — which isn’t point enough for 111 minutes of screen time. |