Rigoletto is a
1993 musical fantasy/drama produced for
Feature Films for Families[?] and described by
Debbie James[?] as "kind of a cross between Beauty and the Beast and The Man Without a Face, but with biblical themes"
[1] (
http://www.christiananswers.net/spotlight/movies/pre2000/rvu-rigoletto.html).
The film, set in depression-era[?] America, depicts a young girl, Bonnie, who enjoys singing and gets lessons from the "monster" whom the townspeople suspect of foreclosing on mortgages all over town. She learns the lesson that true beauty is inside one's heart.
The movie is apparently not based on Rigoletto the opera.
- distributor website (http://www.familytv.com/rigoletto.asp)
- Christian review (http://www.christiananswers.net/spotlight/movies/pre2000/rvu-rigoletto.html)
- review by 15-year-old girl (http://216.239.51.100/search?q=cache:O-Jo9R46fvEC:www.smartgirl.org/pages/movies/kathrigo.html+rigoletto+bonnie&hl=en&ie=UTF-8)