The Human Voice is a contemporary adaptation of the 1928 stage play by Jean Cocteau, and "La Voix Humaine," the 1958 chamber opera by Francis Poulenc. In a radically new production The Human Voice presents a flip of gender, and a metaphor of global pandemic. Now in English, Isaiah Bell sings to his male lover, and into the abyss of COVID. In a Zoom call impaired by lag and freeze and dropped signals, technology is once again enemy to intimacy. The agony of failed love is heightened by the necessity of distance, by the anaesthetic of the machine.
Genre: Music
Stars: Isaiah Bell
Crew: Jean Cocteau (Story), Andrew Smith (Editor), Isaiah Bell (Writer), Chris Randle (Editor), Francis Poulenc (Music), Chris Randle (Cinematography)
Country: Canada
Language: English
Studio: City Opera Vancouver
Runtime: 47 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Nov 01, 2020
IMDb: 10
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