Skip to main content
Meeting Venus Movie Poster
Plot, Details & Awards

Meeting Venus

In Theaters 11/17/1991 , 121min.
Share this movie on

Plot & Details

Meeting Venus is based on a play cowritten by the film's director, Istvan Szabo. Glenn Close plays a celebrated Swedish opera star Karin Anderson who is slated to appear in an internationally-telecast production of Tannhauser. Ms. Anderson balks at the notion of working with obscure Hungarian conductor Zoltan Szanto. The much-anticipated production may never get off the ground, thanks to labor-management difficulties, intramural jealousies, and clashing egos. Admidst all this chaos, the mismatched Anderson and Szanto fall in love. Filmed in Budapest, Meeting Venus was far from a box-office hit thanks in great part to an inadequate advertising campaign; hopefully it will gain the wide audience it deserves on videocassette. (PS: Glenn Close's singing is dubbed by real-life opera luminary Kiri Te Kanawa. We tell you this because the lyp-synching is done so well that you might actually believe that Close is performing those arias herself).
  • Genre(s): Drama
  • Run Time: 121min.
  • Theatrical Release Date: 11/17/1991
  • Distributor(s): Warner Brothers
  • Director(s): István Szabó
  • Starring: Glenn Close , Niels Arestrup , Erland Josephson , Macha Meril
  • Tone: Deliberate,Light,Reflective
  • Keywords: Hungary,Sweden,artist,backstage,behind-the-scenes,betrayal,bloopers,conductor [music],conflict,extramarital-affair,high-society,opera,politician,romance
  • Country of Origin: USA (11-17-1991)
Netflix - Try for Free

Instantly watch TV episodes and movies via the Internet on your computer or TV. 1 month FREE!

Stay Connected with Moviefone