Carlos Saura

Carmen

Carmen

Saura's biggest international box-office success was this self-reflexive meditation on both Bizet's popular opera Carmen and the original novella by Prosper Mérimée. Antonio Gades plays a choreographer who gets involved with his neophyte lead dancer (Laura del Sol), and grows dangerously jealous. Depicting the ups and downs of their affair in between rehearsals for Gades's ballet, Carmen is a visually hypnotic hall of mirrors in which the dancers become inseparable from their personas.

Film Info

  • Spain
  • 1983
  • 101 minutes
  • Color
  • 1.66:1
  • Spanish

Available In

Collector's Set

Eclipse Series 6: Carlos Saura’s Flamenco Trilogy

Carlos Saura’s Flamenco Trilogy

DVD Box Set

3 Discs

$35.96

Out Of Print
Carmen
Cast
Antonio Gades
Antonio
Laura del Sol
Carmen
Paco de Lucía
Paco
Cristina Hoyos
Cristina
Juan Antonio Jiménez
Juan y marido
Sebastián Moreno
Escamillo
José Yepes
Pepe Girón
Credits
Director
Carlos Saura
Producer
Emiliano Piedra
Screenplay
Antonio Gades
Screenplay
Carlos Saura
Based on the novella by
Prosper Mérimée
From the opera by
Georges Bizet
Choreography
Antonio Gades
Choreography
Carlos Saura
Costume design
Teresa Nieto
Editing
Pedro del Rey
Music
Paco de Lucía
Music
Regina Resnik
Music
Mario del Mónaco

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