The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
MovieTitle | The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess |
User score | 10 |
Release date | Apr 19, 2009 |
Genre | Music |
Director | Francesca Zambello |
Production country | United States of America |
Production companies | San Francisco Opera |
Run time | 158 min. |
In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, loves the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.