Jean-Jacques Beineix's debut film is a stylish hilarious & audacious thriller that had many critics comparing Beineix's innovative technique to that of Orson Welles at the time of the film's release DIVA stars Frederic Andrei as Jules a young Parisian messenger who is obsessed with a beautiful American opera singer who refuses to make recording of her performances Determined to capture her voice on tape Jules manages to make an excellent recording of her which is promptly stolen from him & replaced with a tape that incriminates a French politician causing Jules to become of a pair of French hitmen Featuring a quirky sense of humor enormous visual style wonderful music & an unforgettable subway motorcycle chase scene DIVA is among the best & most influential films of the 1980s