Cosi

"When chasing your dreams... it helps to be a little crazy!"

Apr 11 1997 R 1h 40m
Comedy, Drama, Music

Lewis, a young amateur theater director, is offered a job with a governmental program for the rehabilitation of mentally ill patients in a Sydney institution. His project is overrun by one of the patients who wants to stage the opera Cosi Fan Tutte by Mozart despite the fact that none of the patients are able to sing and none of them speak Italian. A comedy of errors ensues, but one which unifies the patients and their director in unexpected ways.

Plot

Lewis is a young Sydney amateur theater director at his first experience: he is offered a job with a Governmental program for the rehabilitation of mentally ill patients in a Sydney institution for mentally ill. His project is overrun by one of the patients Roy who wants to put on stage Cosi Fan Tutte (Mozart). None of the patients in the cast is able to sing and none of them knows Italian which is the language of the libretto. Through a lot of difficulties Lewis and his cast develop a deep understanding. The play smartly adapted for the unusual cast is finally produced: lots of unforeseen situations solved 'a la crazy way'but indeed brilliantly. Great success and sad farewell of the director from his cast.

Written by

Louis Nowra

Directed by

Mark Joffe

Cast

Ben Mendelsohn, Barry Otto, Toni Collette

Crew

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Production Countries

Australia

Production Companies

Australian Film Finance Corporation, Meridian Films, Miramax, Smiley Productions

Languages

English

Awards

1 win & 2 nominations

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Average Rating
6.6 out of 10
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