Carmen

May 6, 1983

1h 42m

★ 6.6

Overview

While rehearsing a flamenco ballet adaptation of Bizet's opera “Carmen”, Antonio, the choreographer, falls in love with the main dancer, Carmen, a fiercely independent woman. Antonio is slowly consumed by jealousy and possessiveness towards Carmen, just like Don José in the original opera, blurring the lines between fiction and reality.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Music

Production Companies

Emiliano Piedra

TVE

Emiliano Piedra P.C.

Carmen Trailers

Cast

Antonio

Antonio Gades

Carmen

Laura del Sol

Paco

Paco de Lucía

Pepa Flores

Marisol

Cristina

Cristina Hoyos

Juan

Juan Antonio Jiménez

Pepe Girón

José Yepes

Escamillo

Sebastián Moreno

Cantaores

Gómez de Jerez

Cantaores

Manolo Sevilla

Guitarristes

Antonio Solera

Guitarrista

Manuel Rodríguez

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