Carmen (1983)
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| German title | Carmen | ||
| Original title | Carmen | ||
| Country of production | Spain | ||
| original language | Spanish | ||
| Publishing year | 1983 | ||
| length | 102 minutes | ||
| Age rating | FSK 6 | ||
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| Director | Carlos Saura | ||
| script | Carlos Saura Antonio Gades |
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| production | Emiliano Piedra | ||
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Paco de Lucía Georges Bizet |
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| camera | Teodoro Escamilla | ||
| cut | Pedro del Rey | ||
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Carmen is a Spanish fiction film by the director Carlos Saura from 1983. It depicts Georges Bizet's opera Carmen , an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Prosper Mérimée , as a flamenco choreography. He interweaves the plot of the opera with the history of the dance ensemble.
content
Antonio is a Spanish choreographer preparing a performance of Georges Bizet's famous opera “Carmen”. He's obsessed with finding the perfect cast for the lead actress for his performance. After a long search he finds the young, spirited Carmen, with whom he falls head over heels in love. Your love is shaped and destroyed by jealousy and hatred. Carmen is a heartbreaker that a man is not enough. In addition to her husband, who is in prison, she has two more affairs, one of them with Antonio. The conflicts are not carried out in the form of dialogues, but dance. In Antonio's everyday and working world, what happens on stage and reality mix more and more.
Comparison between opera and film
The film largely quotes music from the opera of the same name, but the plot of the film is very much based on the novella by Prosper Mérimée , which formed the basis for Bizet's opera: the main actor falls in love with the beautiful Carmen, who is erratic, and him later drops. Often there are also scenes in which the viewer is not sure whether they belong to the play to be performed in the film or whether they are real. The actors can also be identified with the opera's protagonists (Carmen, Don José, Escamillo).
criticism
“Saura's processing differs from conventional adaptations mainly in that it makes the process of processing itself a topic and traces the connection lines between art and life. Brilliantly designed dance scenes and rousing musical accompaniment (the guitarist Paco de Lucia traces Bizet's compositions back to their roots in Spanish folk culture) hide some weaknesses in the film parts. "
“Since the stage actors experience the plot themselves, the line between reality and fiction is blurred. The viewer is left wondering whether the murder in the film really took place. Despite some weaknesses in the dialogue, the brilliant dance scenes and the flamenco music by Paco de Lucia make "Carmen" a film that is well worth seeing. "
“Again and again the narrated scenes and rehearsals turn into sophisticated dances with electrifying flamenco music by the guitarist Paco de Lucia. Saura combines the process of developing the material in the dance studio with discourses about art and life. "
Awards
- International Cannes Film Festival 1983 : Best Artistic Contribution
- Oscar nomination 1983 for Best Foreign Language Film
- Nomination for the César 1984 in the category Best Foreign Film
- 1984 Golden Globe nomination for Best Foreign Language Film
Web links
- Carmen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Carmen (1983, E) . Lexicon of international film . Retrieved January 14, 2015.
- ^ Die Chronik des Films, Chronik Verlag, Gütersloh / Munich 1994, ISBN 3-570-14337-6
- ↑ Carmen . Busch Entertainment Media . Retrieved January 5, 2015.