Blood Wedding (1981)
"Bodas de sangre" (original title)

Director:

Carlos Saura

Writers:

Antonio Gades, Federico García Lorca (play),

Stars:

Antonio Gades, Cristina Hoyos, Juan Antonio Jiménez

4 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Antonio Gades	...	Leonardo
Cristina Hoyos	...	La Novia
Juan Antonio Jiménez	...	El Novio (as Juan Antonio Jimenez)
Carmen Villena	...	La Mujer
Pilar Cárdenas	...	La Madre
El Güito	...	Cuerpo de Baile
Lario Díaz	...	Cuerpo de Baile
Enrique Esteve	...	Cuerpo de Baile
Elvira Andrés	...	Cuerpo de Baile
Azucena Flores	...	Cuerpo de Baile
Cristina Gombau	...	Cuerpo de Baile
Marisa Neila	...	Cuerpo de Baile
Antonio Quintana	...	Cuerpo de Baile
Quico Franco	...	Cuerpo de Baile
Candy Román	...	Cuerpo de Baile (as Candy Roman)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

dance | flamenco | based on play

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Genres:

Music

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Details

Country:

Spain France

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

9 March 1981 (Spain)

Also Known As:

Blood Wedding

Box Office

Gross:

ESP 46,746,685 (Spain)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Emiliano Piedra

Technical Specs

Runtime:

72 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

At the 23 minute mark, a very large, directional boom-microphone enters the upper left portion of the screen, lingers noticeably and then is removed.

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Connections

Followed by El amor brujo (1986)

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Soundtracks

"Ay, mi sombrero"
Performed by Pepe Blanco

User Reviews

Simplicity is the way to art.

How can a film be so simple, and yet so beaultiful? It's easy to see that the film must has costed almost nothing, and it's very very simple: just shows a dance group showing it's art. But the impressive corporal and facial expressions, the intense dance and all emotions envolved, the ones in the tragic story and the ones in the real story of the dancers, makes this film a simple work of art. Simple as a movie, but art as it is.