Cosi
Lewis, a young amateur theater director, is offered a job with a governmental program for the rehabilitation of mentally ill patients in a Sydney institution. His project is overrun by one of the patients, who wants to stage the opera Cosi Fan Tutte by Mozart, despite the fact that none of the patients can sing or speak Italian. A comedy of errors ensues, but one which unifies the patients and their director in unexpected ways.
Critics Sentiment
Patients perform imaginative charming production of Cosi fan tutte for audience
Doug the pyromaniac burns down the theater getting Lewis fired
The film recovers strongly from Doug burning down the theater (5.5) to the patients convincing Lewis to continue secretly (7.0), marking Lewis's full commitment to their dream.
Cosi follows a steady upward trajectory as Lewis transforms from a directionless job-seeker to someone genuinely committed to the patients' impossible dream. The film stumbles slightly with some implausible plot developments in the middle act but recovers powerfully for the climactic performance sequence that critics universally praised. The ending maintains the emotional high while avoiding excessive sentimentality.
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Ben Mendelsohn
Lewis
Barry Otto
Roy
Toni Collette
Julie
Rachel Griffiths
Lucy
Aden Young
Nick
Colin Friels
Errol
Jacki Weaver
Cherry
Pamela Rabe
Ruth
Paul Chubb
Henry
Colin Hay
Zac
David Wenham
Doug
Tony Llewellyn-Jones
Kirner
Kerry Walker
Sandra
Robin Ramsay
Minister for Health
Henry Maas
Bernard Goldman
Jack Walsh
Air Wrestler
Lawrence Woodward
Electrician
Brian Ellison
Rigger
Tamara Kuldin
Seamstress
Dennis Allard
Carpenter
Crew
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