Diva (1981) - Frederic Andrei & Thuy An Luu (Dir. Jean-Jacques Beineux)

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My favourite scene from my favourite film. Briefly, postman Jules (Frederic Andrei) is an opera fan obsessed with the eponymous 'Diva' Cynthia Hawkins (played by real-life opera singer Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez) who refuses to record. He has managed to make a bootleg recording of the singer and takes his friend, the young thief Alba (Thuy An Luu) to his amazing loft apartment to play it to her. Oh, and he also happens to be on the run from a couple of psychopathic hit-men (one of who is ...