Puccini (1984)

In Torre del Lago by Lake Massaciuccoli Puccini is writing The Girl of the Golden West when his wife Elvira accuses him of a dalliance with their maid Doria Manfredi a young women from town Although the maestro is frequently unfaithful he denies the affair Elvira insists shes right and publicly hounds Doria Between scenes in this domestic drama that turns tragic we watch a Scottish company rehearse and stage Turandot Puccinis last opera The film finds parallels between the two stories and suggests that in the opera Puccini expresses love for his wife and guilt in Dorias fate Three local gentlemen provide a spoken chorus as Puccinis score plays throughout