The Bonfire of the Vanities (2018)
Feature film based on the premiere of the opera adaptation of Tom Wolfe's celebrated novel. Music by Stefania de Kenessey, libretto and direction by Michael Bergmann.
Synopsis
Synopsis
“Greed moves a lot more money than trust.”
New York’s hottest bond trader invents a new bond which enables parents to borrow money against what their now-minor children will someday earn, in this updated opera adaptation of Tom Wolfe’s 1984 international bestselling novel. His runaway success destroys the world economy while racial tension, a hit-and-run accident and a femme fatale all contribute to the disaster.
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