Description
Carmen is a 1983 Spanish film adaptation of the novel Carmen by Prosper Mérimée, using music from the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet. It was directed and choreographed in the flamenco style by Carlos Saura and María Pagés. It is the second part of Saura’s flamenco trilogy in the 1980s, preceded by Bodas de sangre and followed by El amor brujo.
The film’s basic plotline is that the modern dancers re-enact in their personal lives Bizet’s tragic love affair, up to its lethal climax.
The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack : Carmen 1983 (Based Upon Merimée’s Novel And Bizet’s Opera) A group of flamenco dancers are rehearsing a very spanish version of the Prosper Merimee’s drama. Antonio (the coreographer) falls in love with Carmen (the main dancer). Their story then turns similar to the play.
- Release date: May 6, 1983 (Spain)
- Director: Carlos Saura
- Prequel: Blood Wedding
- Screenwriters: Prosper Mérimée · Antonio Gades · Carlos Saura
- Sequel: El amor brujo
- Production companies: Televisión Española · Emiliano Piedra
Video: “Carmen” Director Carlos Saura (1983)
Credits:
- Choir – Le Chor Du Grand Theatre De Geneve*
- Chorus Master – Giovanni Bria
- Composed By – Bizet*
- Conductor – Thomas Schippers
- Directed By – Carlos Saura
- Flamenco Guitar – Antonio Solera, Lorenzo Virseda, Manuel Rodríguez, Paco De Lucía
- Libretto By – Merimée*
- Orchestra – Orchestra Swiss Romand*
- Performer – Ballet De Antonio Gades
- Performer [Starring (Actor)] – José Yepes
- Performer [Starring (Flamenco Dancer)] – Antonio Gades, Christina Hoyos, Juan Antonio Jimenez, Laura Del Sol
- Performer [Starring (Flamenco Guitarrist)] – Paco De Lucía
- Producer – Emiliano Piedra
- Script By, Choreography – Antonio Gades, Carlos Saura
- Vocals [Flamenco singer] – Gómez De Jerez, La Bronce, Manolo Sevilla, Pepa Flores
Cats:
- Paco de Lucía as Paco
- Laura del Sol as Carmen
- Antonio Gades as Antonio
- Marisol as Pepa Flores
- Cristina Hoyos as Cristina
- Juan Antonio Jiménez as Juan
- José Yepes as Pepe Girón
- Sebastián Moreno as Escamillo
- Gómez de Jerez as Singer
- Manolo Sevilla as Singer
- Antonio Solera as Singer
- Manuel Rodríguez as Guitarist
- Lorenzo Virseda as Guitarist
- M. Magdalena as Guest artist
- La Bronce as Guest artist
