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Opera and song play a key role in the romantic comedy Celestial Clockwork from award-winning Venezuelan director Fina Torres. The Cinderella story stars Ariadna Gil (one of the stars of the Oscar-winning Spanish film Belle Epoque) as Ana, the Venezuelan girl who leaves her fiancé at the altar and hops a plane to Paris to fulfill her dream to become an opera singer. What follows is a screwball comedy, charting Ana's adventures with an apartment full of crazy roommates and her seemingly improbable destiny as the star of an impending production of Rossini's La Cenerentola. The film's soundtrack includes arias by Rossini and art songs by Schubert and Schumann, as well as salsa numbers performed Venezuelan music star Alma Rosa, who also appears in the film. As writer, director and producer of Celestial Clockwork, Fina Torres sought to portray the experience of Latin Americans living in Paris and trying to fit into French society. Her first feature film Oriana won the Camera d'Or at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival as the best first film. Released by October Films, Celestial Clockwork also stars Arielle Dombasle and Evelyne Didi.
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