Rameau: Les Indes Galantes (movie)
- User score: 8
- Production country: France
- Producer: Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui , François-René Martin
- Production companies: Opéra National de Paris, ARTE, Telmondis, Mezzo
- Genre: Music
- Release date: 9/19/2016
Movie description
While the young people of Europe forsake Love to follow Bellone at war, Cupid sets out to shoot his arrows into the rest of the world. A masterpiece of the Enlightenment, Les Indes galantes is sparkling entertainment. Yet Rameau’s first opera‑ballet also bears witness to the Europeans’ ambiguous view of ‘savage’ cultures. The Belgian choreographer-director Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui adapts Les Indes Galantes to a contemporary setting, where globalisation has transformed the notions of exoticism.
