Repo! The Genetic Opera's soundtrack, overseen by producer and X Japan drummer Yoshiki Hayashi, became available on September 30th, 2008, and the film was given a limited release of ten theatres by Lionsgate Films on November 7, 2008. But, disappointed with his own children, Rotti takes an interest in Shilo. Rotti is dying, and the three siblings bicker and fight about who is to take the role as head of GeneCo. The Largo family, consisting of GeneCo president Rotti, his daughter Amber Sweet, and his two sons Luigi and Pavi, have their own plans. Blind Mag, an opera singer bound by contract to GeneCo, was a friend of Nathan's now-deceased wife, and is Shilo's godmother. While Shilo struggles with her wish to leave the house and experience the outside world, Nathan struggles with his secret job as the Repo Man, and more specifically, his next target, a woman named Blind Mag. She has been kept locked up and protected in her house, where she is guarded from the outside world by her father, Nathan Wallace. For those who can't keep up with their organ payments, collection is the responsibility of organ repo men, skilled assassins contracted by GeneCo, ordered to recover GeneCo's property by any means necessary.Īt the heart of the story is Shilo Wallace, a 17-year-old girl with a rare blood disease. In addition to financing options, GeneCo reserves the right to implement default remedies, including repossession.

GeneCo provides organ transplantation for a profit. Out of the tragedy, GeneCo, a multi-billion dollar biotech company, emerges. Panic erupts and scientists feverishly make plans for a massive organ harvest. In the not too distant future, an epidemic of organ failures devastates the planet. It's also an actual opera: nearly every line of dialogue is sung, and the story is one continuous musical number. Widely known and loved for its What the Hell, Casting Agency? (see below) and its lush soundtrack, the film has become a modern cult classic. It's a gory, dystopian and ultimately very moving Black Comedy that never takes itself too seriously.

It's based on their play of the same name. Repo! The Genetic Opera is a 2008 musical film, written and composed by Terrance Zdunich and Darren Smith, and directed by Darren Lynn Bousman (of Saw 2, 3 and 4 fame).

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