The Phantom of the Opera (1998 film)

The Phantom of the Opera Italian Il fantasma dellopera is a 1998 Italian horror film directed by Dario Argento, adapted from the novel Le Fantme de lOpra by Gaston Leroux. However, there are many differences between the book and the film the biggest being that the Phantom is not disfigured.

The aristocratic Baron Raoul De Chagny Andrea Di Stefano has also fallen in love with Christine, though at first Christine offers him only a platonic relationship. Later, she ruminates that she may be in love with both men. One night, the Phantom calls to her and she descends to his lair across an underground lake in a boat. Upon arriving, she finds him playing an organ and he tells her to sing for him. Christine sings the same song he heard her sing when he first saw her onstage. After making love in his bed, the Phantom reveals his past to her. He tells her to stay in the lair while he goes to secure the role of Juliet for her but she refuses to stay, causing him to storm out. Christine grows angry with him and as he leaves in the boat she shouts that she hates him. The Phantom threatens Carlotta, the shows spoiled diva, not to sing but she ignores the warning. During her performance as Juliet, the Phantom brings down the chandelier injuring many of the audience members. When he returns to Christine, she refuses the role he has secured for her. He becomes angry and rapes her. After Christine awakens, she witnesses the Phantom covered in rats and petting them. While he is playing with his rats, she escapes on the boat. She flees into the arms of Raoul, and they ascend to the roof, where they confess their love for each other. The Phantom watches and breaks down crying when he sees them kiss.The next night Christine sings as Juliet, but the Phantom swoops down onto the stage and she faints in his arms. Raoul and the police give chase. The Phantom carries Christine back down below and lays her down. When she awakens, he tells her that she is his and that they will remain alone together until death. She hits his face with a rock and calls to Raoul for help but instantly regrets her actions and her feelings for the Phantom return. Raoul appears and shoots the Phantom with a rifle. Surprising Raoul, Christine screams and cries for the Phantom. Though mortally wounded,

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