CARMEN
Spain: 1983
aka: Carlos Saura's Carmen
Great Flamenco Dance Classic!....Carlos Saura’s Carmen is one of the finest achievements in world, let alone Spanish, cinema. Immense importance in the history of performing arts. A classic use of embedded plots.......This is the Spanish Version w/ ENGLISH SUBTITLES
Carlos Saura - Choreography / Director / Screenwriter
Paco de Lucia - Composer (Music Score)
Antonio Gades - Choreography / Screenwriter
Starring: Antonio Gades, Laura del Sol, Paco de Lucía, Cristina Hoyos
Rated R......Contains Brief Nudity (Laura del Sol)
CAST
Antonio Gades - Antonio
Laura del Sol - Carmen
Paco de Lucia - Paco
Christina Hoyos - Cristina
Juan Antonio Jimenez - Juan/husband
Sebastian Moreno - Escamillo
Jose Yepes - Pepe Giron
Pepa Flores - Pepa Flores
"Filmed in Spain by Spaniards, this is a Spanish tale based on a French novel and the French opera which it inspired. Saura's flamenco "Carmen" is an exciting work of art. A modern ensemble of musicians and dancers is rehearsing a flamenco interpretation of the Carmen story. The producer and star dancer is Antonio (Antonio Gades). Carnen is played by the beautiful Laura del Sol. The setting appears to be suburban Madrid. Antonio has Cristina as his senior dancer (the marvellous Cristina Hoyos. The presence of Paco de Lucia, legendary guitarist and the scion of a great flamenco dynasty, is in itself a certificate of the film's artistic authenticity..From book by Merimee, Prosper.....From Opera by Bizet...."
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