---
title: 'Aria (1987)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Nicolas Roeg'
released: '1987-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/aria-1987'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092580/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Aria (1987)

1987 · 90 min · Music · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Aria is a 1987 British anthology film produced by Don Boyd that consists of ten short films by ten different filmmakers, each showing the director's choice of visual accompaniment to one or more operatic arias. There is little or no dialogue, with most words coming from the libretto of the operas in Italian, French, or German. The film was entered into the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Nicolas Roeg](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicolas-roeg), [Jean-Luc Godard](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-luc-godard), [Robert Altman](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-altman), [Ken Russell](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-russell), [Derek Jarman](https://cinepixo.com/people/derek-jarman), [Franc Roddam](https://cinepixo.com/people/franc-roddam), [Bruce Beresford](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-beresford), [Julien Temple](https://cinepixo.com/people/julien-temple), [Charles Sturridge](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-sturridge), [Bill Bryden](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-bryden)
- **Screenplay:** [Nicolas Roeg](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicolas-roeg), [Jean-Luc Godard](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-luc-godard)

## Cast

- [Maximillian Roeg](https://cinepixo.com/people/maximillian-roeg)
- [John Hurt](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-hurt)
- [Tilda Swinton](https://cinepixo.com/people/tilda-swinton)
- [Julie Hagerty](https://cinepixo.com/people/julie-hagerty)
- [Dyanne Thorne](https://cinepixo.com/people/dyanne-thorne)
- [Arthur Cox](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-cox)
- [Buck Henry](https://cinepixo.com/people/buck-henry)
- [Bridget Fonda](https://cinepixo.com/people/bridget-fonda)
- [Valérie Allain](https://cinepixo.com/people/valerie-allain)
- [Elizabeth Hurley](https://cinepixo.com/people/elizabeth-hurley)
- [Theresa Russell](https://cinepixo.com/people/theresa-russell)
- [Bernie Bonvoisin](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernie-bonvoisin)
- [John Hostetter](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-hostetter)
- [Beverly D'Angelo](https://cinepixo.com/people/beverly-d-angelo)
- [Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippine-leroy-beaulieu)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/aria-1987
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