Carmen (1984)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Carmen |
| Original title | Carmen |
| Country of production |
France Italy |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 1984 |
| length | 152 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Francesco Rosi |
| script | Francesco Rosi Tonino Guerra |
| production |
Marcel Dassault Patrice Ledoux Alain Poiré |
| music | Georges Bizet |
| camera | Pasqualino De Santis |
| cut |
Ruggero Mastroianni Colette Semprún |
| occupation | |
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Carmen is a Franco-Italian opera adaptation by Francesco Rosi from 1984. It is based on Georges Bizet's Carmen .
action
The young Micaëla is looking for Don José at the Seville Guard , whom she can speak to a little later during the changing of the guard. She sends him greetings from his mother and a kiss from her, which Don José gives her back to deliver to his mother. In a letter, his mother lets Don José know that she welcomes his marriage - Micaëla is the right person for him. Shortly afterwards, Don José is called to the nearby tobacco factory, where there has been a solid argument between workers Carmen and Manuelita. The workers accuse both of them, but Carmen admits to injuring Manuelita. She is arrested by Don José, with whom she had flirted some time before. In the cell, Carmen confronts Don José: she knows very well that he loves her. In fact, Don José fell for her. With a trick he lets her go, but is himself imprisoned and demoted.
Some time later, Carmen meets smugglers in the tavern of Lillas Pastia. Carmen refuses to go to the mountains with the smugglers because she fell in love with Don José. He comes to the tavern shortly after his release from prison. Carmen only dances for him. When the tattoo sounds, Don José wants to return to the barracks and Carmen reacts angrily. Both want to part in anger, but suddenly an officer appears in the tavern. He duels with Don José because he is also in love with Carmen, is defeated and is captured. Don José goes to the mountains with Carmen and the other smugglers, but Carmen soon has enough of him. Your rejection hurts Don José, especially since he has to recognize that Carmen has developed an interest in the torero Escamillo. When he visits the smugglers in the mountains, there is a life and death duel between Don José and Escamillo, but Carmen is able to save the torero at the last second. He rides away, but invites those present to his next bullfight in Seville. Whoever loves him will be there, he says. Micaëla appears to take Don José with her. He refuses, fearing that he would otherwise lose Carmen to Escamillo. He only agrees when he hears his mother is dying, but Carmen vows to return.
Some time later, Carmen appears in Seville for Escamillo's bullfight. Just before the fight, they both ensure their love. Don José witnesses these words and signals Carmen to follow him out of the arena. Although her companions warn her, Carmen follows Don José. While Escamillo is defeating the bull in the arena, there is a heated exchange of words between Don José and Carmen in front of the arena. When Don José realizes that she no longer loves him and she throws his ring at his feet, he stabs her. Shortly afterwards he allows himself to be arrested by soldiers who have rushed up.
production
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The film was shot on location in Spain within 13 weeks until September 1983 . The main locations were Ronda , Carmona and Seville; the bullfight recordings were made in the bullring in Ronda. The costumes and the production design are from Enrico Job . The music was recorded by the Orchester National de France under the direction of Lorin Maazel . The choir and the choir of Radio France will sing . In contrast to earlier film adaptations of the opera, this version does not contain any recitatives between the songs , but rather operatic dialogues, as they were heard in the opera's premiere.
The film opened in French cinemas on March 14, 1984, and in Italian cinemas on September 20, 1984, and was also released in German cinemas on November 23, 1984. From August 23, 1985, it was shown in GDR cinemas and was first seen on GDR television on January 1, 1988 on DFF 1 . The film was released on DVD on March 1, 2000.
criticism
The filmdienst called Carmen a "beauty intoxicated ... staging [...] The symbiosis of music and scenery and exceptional singer performances make the film an acoustic and visual enjoyment." The film was "for opera as film fans alike interesting." Cinema was, that the film presents "great emotions and beautiful voices in magnificent landscapes" and summarized: "A great pleasure both visually and acoustically".
"Rosi's Carmen contributes folklore and therefore does nothing to drive out the shaking of the hips from the darling of the wish-concert listener," said Der Spiegel , however , and criticized the fact that sound and image did not form a unit: "The acoustic flair is never right, Rosi's 'Carmen' remains synthetic cleavage material made of colorful pictures, retort euphony and original sound. "
Awards
The film received an NBR Award from the National Board of Review in 1984 for one of the best international films of the year.
In 1985 Carmen was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film . The film won a César in the Best Sound category and received further César nominations in the categories of Best Film , Best Actress (Julia Migenes), Best Director , Best Cinematography , Best Production Design and Best Costumes . Also in 1985, the film won six David di Donatellos : in the categories of Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Costumes and Best Editing. The film received nominations for a David di Donatello in the categories of Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor (Ruggero Raimondi). Francesco Rosi also received the Alitalia Award at the event. The Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani awarded Enrico Job in 1985 with a Nastro d'Argento for the best costumes.
Carmen received two nominations for a British Academy Film Award in 1986 : for Best Non-English Language Film and Best Sound .
Web links
- Carmen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information according to the opening credits of the film.
- ↑ Carmen. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ See cinema.de
- ↑ Klaus Umbach : Gold dust on the wrong track . In: Der Spiegel , No. 48, 1984, pp. 216-217.