The Genius and the Opera Singer
2017, English. Directed by Vanessa Stockley.
The Genius and the Opera Singer is an intimate documentary set in a claustrophobic penthouse apartment in New York's West Village where Ruth and her daughter Jessica have shared uneasy quarters for over half a century. Both hilarious and heartbreaking, the film mines the fraught emotional territory of a parental relationship stuck cycling between the past and the present.
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- 1h 7m
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- English
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How long is The Genius and the Opera Singer?
The Genius and the Opera Singer runs 67 minutes (1h 7m).
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The Genius and the Opera Singer isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 26 November 2017. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Genius and the Opera Singer?
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Who directed The Genius and the Opera Singer?
The Genius and the Opera Singer (2017) was directed by Vanessa Stockley.