The movie

Falling For Figaro

Successful Millie leaves her unfulfilling job to chase her lifelong dream of becoming an opera singer.

Length: 105 min
Country: Australia, Great Britain, United States
Language spoken: English
Language subtitles: Dutch
Cast: Danielle Macdonald, Joanna Lumley, Hugh Skinner, Gary Lewis
Director: Ben Lewin
Release date: 2020

Description

Successful Millie (Danielle Macdonald), a brilliant young fund manager, leaves her unfulfilling job and long-term boyfriend in London to chase her lifelong dream of becoming an opera singer. She begins intense vocal training lessons—in the Scottish Highlands, no less—with the renowned and imperious former opera diva Meghan Geoffrey-Bishop (Joanna Lumley). It is there she meets Max (Hugh Skinner), another of Meghan’s students who is also training for the upcoming “Singer of Renown” contest. What begins as a brutal competition between Millie and Max gradually turns into something a bit more beautiful…