Meet the inhabitants of the "Casa di Riposa" in Milan, the world's first nursing home for retired opera singers, founded by composer Giuseppe Verdi in 1896. In his documentary film Tosca's Kiss, which has developed an underground cult following over the years and is a favorite among opera and music lovers worldwide, director Daniel Schmid has captured a world in which these wonderful singers (many of whom had significant careers on the opera stage) re-live and re-enact their triumphant roles of the glorious past. Tosca's Kiss is a touching and often hilarious film on the subject of aging and the power and timeless capacity of music to inspire.

故事发生在1800年的罗马，画家卡瓦拉多西（普拉西多·多明戈 Plácido Domingo 饰）因为被卷入了革命运动之中而锒铛入狱，被判处了死刑，卡瓦拉多西的恋人托斯卡（Raina Kabaivanska 饰）心急如焚的找到了警察局局长斯卡皮亚（塞尔瓦托雷·比拉 Salvatore Billa 饰），希望他能够帮忙救卡瓦拉多西一命。 斯卡皮亚觊觎托斯卡的美貌已久，于是提出要托斯卡用自己的身体来换取卡瓦拉多西的生命，托斯卡忍辱负重答应了局长无理的要求。然而，在即将被玷污的那一刻，托斯卡在桌上找到一把刀刺入了局长的胸膛，将他杀死。托斯卡告诉即将被押往刑场的卡瓦拉多西，这将会是一次假死刑，很快他们就能逃往国外，过上平静的生活。

ACT I Rome, June 1800. Cesare Angelotti, an escaped political prisoner, rushes into the Church of Sant'Andrea della Valle. After finding the key his sister has hidden for him, he hides in his family's private chapel.

故事发生在1800年的罗马，画家卡瓦拉多西（鲁杰罗·雷蒙迪 Ruggero Raimondi 饰）因为掩护了革命党人而遭到了政府的拘捕，并且被判处了死刑。卡瓦拉多西的恋人托斯卡（安吉拉·乔治乌 Angela Gheorghiu 饰）为了拯救爱人的性命，不得不找到了诡计多端阴险狡诈的警察局局长斯卡皮亚（阿兰尼亚 Roberto Alagna 饰），求他绕自己的恋人一名。 斯卡皮亚觊觎托斯卡的美貌和身体多年，借此机会，他同意以托斯卡的肉体来交换卡瓦拉多西的性命，虽然百般不愿，但托斯卡还是妥协了。然而，最后关头，托斯卡还是不愿意委身于斯卡皮亚，她杀死了伏在自己身上的男人。

This movie from Fascist-era Italy is not a musical version of Giacomo Puccini's operatic masterpiece but a straight dramatic narrative of the same story that had originated in Sardou's play. Puccini's music does figure in, however, with strategically placed arias on the sound track. Argentina-born Spanish actress Imperio Argentina plays the title role with diva-esque aplomb. Rossano Brazzi is perfectly cast as the strikingly handsome painter and revolutionary collaborator Mario Cavaradosssi. Michel Simon steals the show whenever he is on screen, as nefarious police chief Baron Scarpia, who is out to apprehend all opponents to Papal rule in this story set in early 19th-century Rome...and who has his eyes on Tosca for his own sexual gratification. He pays with his life, victim of Tosca's loathing and a well-placed knife.

这是一个关于爱情、仇恨与阴谋的故事，画家卡瓦拉多西因掩护逃犯安杰洛蒂被捕，为使恋人能够获救，歌剧明星托斯卡假意委身于手握大权的斯卡皮亚。斯卡皮亚答应托斯卡进行一次假处决，托斯卡在拿到离境通行证后，趁其不备，将他刺死。黎明，卡瓦拉多西被带往刑场，谁料处决的枪支里放进了真正的子弹。卡瓦拉多西应声倒地，托斯卡绝望至极，纵身跳下高墙，一代红伶玉殒香消。

这是一个关于爱情、仇恨与阴谋的故事，画家卡瓦拉多西因掩护逃犯安杰洛蒂被捕，为使恋人能够获救，歌剧明星托斯卡假意委身于手握大权的斯卡皮亚。斯卡皮亚答应托斯卡进行一次假处决，托斯卡在拿到离境通行证后，趁其不备，将他刺死。黎明，卡瓦拉多西被带往刑场，谁料处决的枪支里放进了真正的子弹。卡瓦拉多西应声倒地，托斯卡绝望至极，纵身跳下高墙，一代红伶玉殒香消。

这是一个关于爱情、仇恨与阴谋的故事，画家卡瓦拉多西因掩护逃犯安杰洛蒂被捕，为使恋人能够获救，歌剧明星托斯卡假意委身于手握大权的斯卡皮亚。斯卡皮亚答应托斯卡进行一次假处决，托斯卡在拿到离境通行证后，趁其不备，将他刺死。黎明，卡瓦拉多西被带往刑场，谁料处决的枪支里放进了真正的子弹。卡瓦拉多西应声倒地，托斯卡绝望至极，纵身跳下高墙，一代红伶玉殒香消。

普契尼歌剧电影《托斯卡》

1800年的罗马，画家卡瓦拉多西由于掩护了越狱的革命党人而被警察局逮捕监押。画家的恋人、歌剧演员托斯卡找到警察局局长斯卡皮亚求他宽容。斯卡皮亚早就垂涎托斯卡的美貌，于是便提出要托斯卡出卖自己的身体来换取卡瓦拉多西的生命与自由。如果托斯卡同意，他便可以执行一个假死刑。为了救出自己的恋人，托斯卡在斯卡皮亚的淫威之下只得同意了他的无耻要求。在他欲拥抱她时，托斯卡情急生智地抓起了桌子上放着的一把匕首猛然刺进了斯卡皮亚的胸膛。凌晨，在楼顶平台的刑场上，托斯卡告诉卡瓦拉多西这是一次假行刑，并特别叮嘱他在枪响之后千万要装死别动，等人群散去之后，他们便可以远走他乡。然而当行刑的枪声过后，托斯卡才发现原来她受骗了。就在托斯卡为失去恋人而悲痛异常的时候，斯卡皮亚的手下也发现了他们长官的尸体并前来捉拿托斯卡。当警察和士兵们冲到托斯卡的面前时，托斯卡愤怒地高喊着：斯卡皮亚，我和你一起去见上帝！说完，托斯卡猛然纵身跳楼自尽了。