CARLOS SAURA DIRIGE A PROSPER MERINEE " CARMEN " . DEDICADO A LA MEMORIA DE ROCIO JURADO , GRAN ARTISTA Y UNA PERSONA CARA A MI CORAZON .....RITA AMODEI

Carmen is a 1983 film adaptation of the novel Carmen by Prosper Mérimée, using music from the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet. It was directed and choreographed in the flamenco style by Carlos Saura and Maria Pagès. It is the second part of Saura's flamenco trilogy in the 1980s, preceded by Bodas de sangre and followed by El amor brujo. The film's basic plot line is that the modern dancers re-enact in their personal lives Bizet's tragic love affair, up to its lethal climax. Paco de Lucía as Paco Laura del Sol as Carmen Antonio Gades as Antonio Marisol as Pepa Flores Cristina Hoyos as Cristina Juan Antonio Jiménez as Juan José Yepes as Pepe Girón Sebastián Moreno as Escamillo Gómez de Jerez as Singer Manolo Sevilla as Singer Antonio Solera as Singer Manuel Rodríguez as Guitarist Lorenzo Virseda as Guitarist M. Magdalena as Guest artist La Bronce as Guest artist +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++