Sevillanas (film)

Movie
German title	Sevillanas
Original title	Sevillanas
Country of production	Spain
original language	Spanish
Publishing year	1992
length	53 minutes
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Director	Carlos Saura
script	Carlos Saura
production	Juan Lebrón
music	Manolo Sanlúcar musical direction
camera	José Luis Alcaine
cut	Pablo G. del Amo
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Rocio Jurado : singer Lola Flores : dancer Paco de Lucía : guitarist Camarón de la Isla : Singer Manuela Carrasco : as herself Matilde Coral : as herself Merche Esmeralda : as herself Manuel Pareja Obregón : as himself Rafael García Rodríguez "Rafael el Negro" : Himself Los Romeros de la Puebla : as herself Salmarina : as herself Manolo Sanlúcar : as himself Tomatito : as himself Paco Toronjo : as himself Carlos Vilán : as himself

Sevillanas is a Spanish documentary from 1992 directed by Carlos Saura about the development of the flamenco genre Sevillana . The film presents the best-known performers of this genre in various scenes and includes a. the last filmed appearance of Camarón , who died of lung cancer shortly after the recordings .

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In the course of the film, Saura has the musicians and dancers involved introduce ten Sevillanas with different characters. For example, De Lebrija danced by older couples with a rural character, boleras from the 18th century, very classically danced Clásicas or flamencas and gitanas influenced by flamenco . The film shows in many details the rehearsals and preparations of the participants for a performance, apart from brief statements by the artists, there are no comments or spoken text.

Awards

• 1994: Rose d'Or at the Montreux Film Festival
• 1994: Silver Rose in the Music category at the Montreux Film Festival

Web links

• Sevillanas at the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Review of the film on anda.de