Amor brujo, El (1986)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.4/10   

Director:

Carlos Saura

Writers:

Gregorio Martínez Sierra (libretto)
Carlos Saura (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

23 diciembre 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Music | Drama

Plot:

In a Gypsy village, the fathers of Candela and José promise their children to each other. Years later...

Plot Keywords:

Singing | Dance | Flamenco | Ghost | Gypsy

Awards:

3 wins & 2 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

What great films "should" be...and rarely are

Cast

Antonio Gades	...	Carmelo
Cristina Hoyos	...	Candela
Laura del Sol	...	Lucía
Juan Antonio Jiménez	...	José
Emma Penella	...	Tía Rosario
La Polaca	...	Pastora
Gómez de Jerez	...	El Lobo / Cantaores
Enrique Ortega	...	Padre de José
Diego Pantoja	...	Padre de Candela
Giovana	...	Rocío
Maria Campano		(as Mari Campano)
Candy Román	...	Chulo
Enrique Pantoja
Manolo Sevilla	...	Cantaores
Antonio Solera	...	Guitarrista

También conocida como:

A Love Bewitched
Carlos Saura Dance Trilogy, Part 3: El Amor Brujo (USA) (DVD box title)
Love, the Magician

Duración:

100 min | Argentina:108 min

País:

Spain

Idioma:

Español

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sonido:

4-Track Stereo | Dolby

Clasificación:

Spain:T | USA:PG | West Germany:6 | Argentina:Atp | Finland:S

Company:

Emiliano Piedra

Movie Connections:

Follows Carmen (1983/I)

Soundtrack:

El Amor Brujo

What great films "should" be...and rarely are

As an avid fan of classical music, ballet, opera, I am, more often than not, confounded by the poor quality of films based on these genres. If they're not "dumbed down," they are "interpreted," beyond recognition, or simply a vehicle for the director to shout: "look at me! I'm DIRECTING!"

But Carlos Saura has placed the story (full of passion, fire, lust, longing, love, sin and redemption) well ahead of his own ego. He simply allows the story to be told through dance, music and sparse dialogue.

Add to this the quality and nature of the choreography where again, we are simply allowed to experience the story: the dance, and its appropriateness to the subject matter tells us all.

Musically, it is almost, also, perfect. My one reservation lay in some acoustically "awkward" moments that render de Falla's critical orchestration less effective. I will not name them, in the hopes that the reader will not notice them and therefore, not be disappointed.

Nevertheless, the music is brilliant, and these three elements of form work together for a powerful, moving, and thrilling experience. As music with dance creates an experience that is more than both, this creation is much more than a film.

See it with a loved one. Or alone at night with a glass of Fundador...