简介：The lines start with “O Somma Luce” which is the title of the film and also the 67th line of the 33rd canto in “Paradiso” of Dante’s “Divine Comedy” to the end of “Paradiso”. The film is completed with music and lines instead of emotions and narrations. This is a recent attempt to combine film with literature.The film begins with a black screen and the music of Edgard Varese. The BGM is “Deserts” that was recorded in 1954. After some moments of darkness, the music ends and a middle-aged man sits on a hill, reciting something. He is Giorgio Passerone, an Italian literature professor, and he is reading out of the last part of ‘Paradiso’ of Dante’s Divine Comedy. Jean-Marie Straub expressed how he thinks of Dante through a subtle accent and dialect. The director who had encoded many great artists and musicians including Bach, complete the combination of Dante and Varese, which could seem strange. (Lim Kyung Yong)
简介：《悲惨世界》是由法国音乐剧作曲家克劳德-米歇尔·勋伯格和阿兰·鲍伯利（Alain Boublil）共同创作的一部音乐剧，改编自维克多·雨果的同名小说。故事以法国大革命为背景，讲述主人公冉阿让在多年前遭判重刑，假释后计划重新作人、改变社会，但却遇上种种困难。该剧于1980年在法国巴黎的Palais des Sports首次公演，原本预计上演八周，结果延长加演，共演出了16周，因之后的场地时程已被预订才不得不下档。