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Diva(1981)

Dir. Directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix

Was this the inspiration for the diva in Luc Besson's The Fifth Element (1997)? Apart from that, this made me feel uneasy on a number of axes.

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Synopsis: Jules, a young Parisian postman, secretly records a concert performance given by the opera singer Cynthia Hawkins, whom he idolises. The following day, Jules runs into a woman who is being pursued by armed thugs. Before she is killed, the woman slips an audio cassette into his mail bag...