Cosi is a 1996 Australian comedy-drama-musical film directed by Mark Joffe. Louis Nowra wrote both the screenplay and the play it is based on. Ben Mendelsohn stars as Lewis Riley, an unemployed young man who applies for a job as a director/drama teacher at a mental hospital. He lands the job and finds himself directing a production of the Mozart opera Cosi Fan Tutte. That's an elaborate, demanding piece of theatre. And it's an opera. And it's in Italian. And it's going to be performed by a cast that he must select from among the patients, who only speak English. One of the patients, Roy ,... sweeps everything along before him, organising auditions, selecting cast members, and criticising the director. The cast chosen include three women: Julie , Ruth , and Cherry ; and two men: Henry and Doug . The musical director is Zac . The enthusiasm of Roy infects the group, and they charge headlong into a memorable production. Alongside the story of Lewis, the theme of Cosi Fan Tutte is explored as it relates to his personal life.
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| Release date: | March 28, 1996 |
| Directed by: | Mark Joffe |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 100 Minutes |
| Editor: | Nicholas Beauman |
| Screenplay by: | Louis Nowra |
| Genre: | Comedy |