This implies the Phantom never let go of her. The film then cuts back to an elderly Raoul visiting Christine’s grave to find a rose tied with a ribbon and a ring that the phantom had given to Christine. The Phantom of the Opera smashes his mirrors and disappears leaving his iconic mask behind him for Meg to find. He allows them to escape in a small rowboat. She does kiss the Phantom showing him that she does care for him, just not how he would desire.

Unfortunately winds up at the Phantom’s mercy.Ĭhristine is forced to choose between them. Raoul precedes them and tries to save Christine. The daughter of Madame Giry, Meg (Jennifer Ellison) leads the police to the catacombs to find her. The situation spirals out of control resulting in his abduction of Christine during a show. The Phantom’s jealous nature leads to him murder. The Phantom’s connection with Christine develops into an obsession when Raoul (Patrick Wilson) shows a love interest in Christine. He even demands a box to be left empty at every performance so that he may watch it. The music from the opera House was his only connection to the world outside. He was smuggled there by a young Madame Giry as a child and has lived there in isolation from the world. The unseen is tutor is The Phantom of the Opera (Gerard Butler) a disfigured musical genius who haunts the catacombs beneath the Opéra Populaire. Unknown to everyone except her foster mother Madame Giry (Miranda Richardson) Christine has been tutored musically for years by an unseen “Angel of Music” whom she mistakenly believes to be the spirit of her father.

The Opera House is under new management of Gilles André (Simon Callow) and Richard Firmin (Ciaran Hinds soon to be seen in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) when the leading lady, Opera Diva Carlotta Giudicelli (Minnie Driver of The Rishes television series), quits the show allowing a young chorus girl Christine (Emmy Rossum) to step up into limelight to take her place. The plot is centered around a Parisian Opera House ‘The Opéra Populaire’ during the 1870s. The idea of a film adaptation was suggested as early as 1988, but took until 2004 to come to fruition. The Phantom of the Opera is based on the long running stage show by Andrew Lloyd Webber, which is an adaptation from the Gaston Leroux novel.

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