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Director:

Francesco Rosi

Writers:

Henri Meilhac (libretto) &
Ludovic Halévy (libretto) ...
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Release Date:

14 March 1984 (France) more

Genre:

Drama | Music more

Plot:

A film version of the famous Bizet opera, where a soldier (Don Jose) falls in love with a beautiful factory worker (Carmen)... more | add synopsis

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Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 9 wins & 8 nominations more

User Comments:

An opera that non opera-lovers will enjoy more (16 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Julia Migenes ... Carmen (as Julia Migenes-Johnson)
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
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Bizet's Carmen
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Runtime:

152 min

Country:

France | Italy

Language:

French

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.75 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)

Company:

Gaumont more


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

The first film version of the opera to use spoken dialogue between all the musical numbers rather than being sung all the way through. This is the way Bizet intended the opera to be performed; the dialogue was set to music by composer Ernest Guiraud after Bizet's death, in order to make the realism of the opera less shocking to a nineteenth century audience (based on the assumption that music made the realism less "painful".) more

Movie Connections:

Featured in Il cineasta e il labirinto (2004) more


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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
An opera that non opera-lovers will enjoy, 24 January 1999
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Author: dho-2 from Uphall

Until I was dragged kicking and screaming to see this film, I thought I didn't like opera.

If you've been avoiding this because you think it will be a dull, static stage production then think again. Filmed on location in Spain, the film is as visually stunning as it is musically superb.

Placido Domingo deserves to be recognized as this century's best tenor on the strength of this performance alone. Julia Migenes is quite remarkable to watch - and she can sing too!

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