Meeting Venus

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Meeting Venus

PG-13

1991

2h 0m

Romance

Comedy

Drama

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An opera star (Glenn Close) falls for a married Hungarian conductor (Niels Arestrup) trying to do Wagner's "Tannhauser."

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Nell Minow

Movie Mom

Better at the edges than the center -- the story is weak, but there are wonderfully vivid, wise, and witty moments and some insight into the multi-cultural challenges of a huge musical undertaking.

Rated: 4/5

Nov 24, 2002

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

There are dozens of major and minor characters in the film, and Szabo juggles them artfully, telling some of their stories and transient flirtations in asides and background action.

Rated: 3/4

Jan 1, 2000

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Kathleen Maher

Austin Chronicle

Rated: 4.5/5

Jan 1, 2000

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

Rated: 3/5

Mar 17, 2008

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 3/5

Jun 18, 2005

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better at the edges than in the centre.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Audience Member

Nice metaphor of Europe. The love story is rather week but there's one sequence that explains everything and makes it more bearable

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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István Szabó

Director

Glenn Close

Karin Anderson

Niels Arestrup

Zoltan Szanto

Erland Josephson

Jorge Picabia

Mosko Alkalai

Jean Gabor

Macha Méril

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Synopsis

An opera star (Glenn Close) falls for a married Hungarian conductor (Niels Arestrup) trying to do Wagner's "Tannhauser."

Director: István Szabó
Producer: David Puttnam
Screenwriter: István Szabó, Michael Hirst
Production Co: Enigma, Warner Bros., BSkyB, Fujisankei
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA): $940.1K
Runtime: 2h 0m
Sound Mix: Stereo, Surround

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