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The Human Voice (1990)
Directed by Peter Medak
Music · 51m
La Voix Humaine is a concerto for soprano and orchestra, centering on the break-up of a relationship by telephone. It represents one side of a conversation between a young woman (sung by American soprano, Julia Migenes) and her lover, who has jilted her. In a 1930s, Parisian apartment, a woman is seen making for the door. As she passes the telephone, it rings. From now on she sings, sitting, standing, on her knees, pacing up and down the room, pulling at the telephone cord, going through every emotion until ultimately, in despair, she takes her own life. Jean Cocteau wrote, it is not just that the telephone is sometimes more dangerous than the revolver but that its tangled cord drains us of our strength, while giving us nothing in return.
Cast
Julia Migenes
Crew
- Director
- Peter Medak
- Writer
- Jean Cocteau
Details
- Original title
- La Voix humaine
- Release date
- 1990-11-18
- Runtime
- 51m
- Genres
- Music
- Original language
- FR
- Countries
- France
- Production
- Erato Films, Radio France, France 2, WDR, CNC