For Parisian bohemian postman Jules (Frédéric Andréi), there is nothing more wonderful in the world than opera, and no greater opera singer than African-American diva Cynthia Hawkins (Wilhelmenia Fernandez). Because she refuses to make records, valuing only the unique moment of the concert, Jules is left no choice but to resort to what any adoring fan would do: he secretly records a tape during a performance. He obtains the diva’s autograph in her dressing room; he steals her white dress; and then returns to his loft (an old garage) to listen to the previously-unrecorded diva on
his hi-fi system. He is unaware that two Taiwanese saw him record the Diva, just as he is unaware that Nadia, a prostitute, has, before being killed by two thugs, The Caribbean and The Priest, dropped a tape which would reveal the identity of the boss of a drug and prostitution racket into the bag on his moped.

Soon Jules (Frédéric Andréi) is on the run all across Paris— and that includes a hair-raising car-and-moped chase through the Métro— hotly pursued by a drug dealer/white slaver’s hit team; ruthless Taiwanese music pirates; and not completely honest cops...

Diva, the sensational debut of director Jean-Jacques Beineix and the film that launched the second French new wave -the new new wave- in the 1980's, will be presented in a new 35mm print – the first since its original U.S. release 25 years ago – and with a new translation that fully captures the film’s irreverent wit.

Shown with Le Petit Dragon (The Little Dragon) by Bruno Collet