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The Castafiore Emerald

The Castafiore Emerald

Animation · Mystery · TV Movie · 1992

The opera diva Bianca Castafiore spends a few days with Tintin and his friends at Marlinspike Hall, where a mysterious theft is perpetrated.

Movie details

The Castafiore Emerald

1992 Animation · Mystery · TV Movie 43m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

7.2 / 10

314 votes

TMDB

6.9 / 10

Community rating

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The opera diva Bianca Castafiore spends a few days with Tintin and his friends at Marlinspike Hall, where a mysterious theft is perpetrated.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over The Castafiore Emerald?

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Names above the title

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Directed by

Stéphane Bernasconi

Written by

Eric Rondeaux · Martin Brossollet

Thierry Wermuth

Thierry Wermuth

Tintin (voice)

Christian Pelissier

Christian Pelissier

Haddock (voice)

Henri Labussière

Henri Labussière

Tournesol (voice)

Michel Ruhl

Michel Ruhl

Nestor (voice)

Marie Vincent

Marie Vincent

Bianca Castafiore (voice)

Yves Barsacq

Yves Barsacq

Dupont (voice)

Jean-Pierre Moulin

Jean-Pierre Moulin

Dupond (voice)

Court is in session

Put The Castafiore Emerald on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Adrenaline Seeker

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.