El Amor brujo (1986 film)
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Country Spain | 7/10 IMDb Genre Music, Drama Duration Language Spanish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date December 23, 1986 (USA) Film series Carlos Saura Dance Trilogy Cast (Carmelo), (Candela), (Lucía), Juan Antonio Jiménez (José), (Tía Rosario), La Polaca (Pastora)Similar movies Flamenco movies, Directed by Carlos Saura, Dance movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Antonio gades el amor brujo danza del fuego fatuo
El amor brujo (Love, the Magician, or Wedded by Witchcraft) or Carlos Saura Dance Trilogy, Part 3: El Amor Brujo is a 1986 Spanish musical film written and directed by Carlos Saura. It was directed and choreographed in the flamenco style by Maria Pagès. It is the third part of the Saura's flamenco trilogy he made in the 1980s, after Bodas de sangre in 1981 and Carmen in 1983. The film was screened out of competition at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival.
Contents
- Antonio gades el amor brujo danza del fuego fatuo
- El amor brujo manuel de falla
- Plot summary
- Soundtrack
- Cast
- References
The film is based on El amor brujo composed by Manuel de Falla.
El amor brujo manuel de falla
Plot summary
Candela, who is loved by Carmelo, marries José in a pre-arranged marriage decided by their respective fathers. José is in love with the flirtatious Lucía and dies defending her honor. Carmelo is mistakenly arrested for the killing, and spends several years in prison. After being released, he declares his love for Candela.
Although Candela is now "free" to marry Carmelo she is haunted (and obsessed) by the ghost of José, who reappears every night to dance with her. Candela, while speaking with Lucía, learns that José pursued her even after he married Candela. She renounces him, but is unable to shake his hold on her. Tía Rosario provides the solution - Lucia must dance with José, an act which will exorcise his ghost forever. (It is never made clear if Lucía actually gives up her life to join him, but she never reappears in the film after their dance scene.)
Soundtrack
The film fleshed out the story with spoken dialogue and several songs, but used the entire score of the ballet. The Orquesta Nacional de España was conducted by Jesús López-Cobos. The singer heard on the soundtrack was the late Rocío Jurado. A soundtrack album, now out of print, was issued by EMI.
Cast
References
El Amor brujo (1986 film) WikipediaEl Amor brujo (1986 film) IMDb El Amor brujo (1986 film) themoviedb.org