Diva (1981 film)

Diva
Film poster
Directed by	Jean-Jacques Beineix
Screenplay by	Jean-Jacques Beineix Jean Van Hamme
Based on	Diva by Daniel Odier
Produced by	Claudie Ossard Irène Silberman Serge Silberman
Starring	Frédéric Andréi Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez Richard Bohringer Thuy An Luu
Cinematography	Philippe Rousselot
Edited by	Monique Prim Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte
Music by	Vladimir Cosma
Production companies	Les Films Galaxie Greenwich Film Productions
Distributed by	Compagnie Commerciale Française Cinématographique
Release date	11 March 1981 (1981-03-11) (France)
Running time	117 minutes[1]
Country	France
Languages	French English
Budget	$1.5 million
Box office	$19.8 million[2]

Diva is a 1981 French thriller film directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix, adapted from the novel Diva by Daniel Odier. It eschewed the realist mood of the 1970s French cinema and instead adopted a colourful, melodic style, later described as cinéma du look. The mixture of "film noir, opera and art-house styles" did not please the producers,^[3] but was more to the liking of the Canadian audience at the Toronto International Film Festival where it was screened and achieved a 'Critics' Choice' in 1981.^[4]

The film made a successful debut in France in 1981 with 2,281,569 admissions, and had success in the U.S. the next year, grossing $2,678,103.^[2] The film was selected as the French entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 54th Academy Awards, but was not nominated. Diva became a cult classic and was internationally acclaimed.