Carmen (1984)
Directed by Francesco Rosi

Drama / Music

Film Synopsis

The beautiful Carmen is imprisoned for starting a fight in the cigarette factory where she works in Seville.  By seducing the officer Don José she manages to escape and live in the mountains with a gang of smugglers.  Obsessed with Carmen, the disgraced Don José becomes a deserter and sets out to find her, determined that she will be his woman and his alone.  But Carmen has by now acquired a new lover, the handsome bullfighter Escamillo.  In the ensuing duel a tragic conclusion seems inevitable...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Francesco Rosi
  • Script: Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Halévy, Prosper Mérimée (novel), Francesco Rosi, Tonino Guerra
  • Cinematographer: Pasqualino De Santis
  • Cast: Julia Migenes (Carmen), Plácido Domingo (Don José), Ruggero Raimondi (Escamillo), Faith Esham (Micaëla), François Le Roux (Moralès), John-Paul Bogart (Zuñiga), Susan Daniel (Mercédès), Lillian Watson (Frasquita), Jean-Philippe Lafont (Dancaïre), Gérard Garino (Remendado), Julien Guiomar (Lillas Pastia), Accursio Di Leo (Guide), Maria Campano (Manuelita), Cristina Hoyos (Dancer), Juan Antonio Jiménez (Dancer), Aurora Vargas (Carmen's Friend), Carmen Vargas (Carmen's Friend), Concha Vargas (Carmen's Friend), Esperanza Fernández (Carmen's Friend), Lourdes García (Carmen's Friend)
  • Country: France / Italy
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color (Eastmancolor)
  • Runtime: 152 min

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