Flamenco (de Carlos Saura) (1995)

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100 min - Music - 25 April 1997 (USA)

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As a hall fills with performers, a narrator says that flamenco came from Andalucia, a mix of Greek psalms... See full summary »

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Cast overview, first billed only:
	La Paquera de Jerez	...	Herself (segment "Bulerías")
	Merche Esmeralda	...	Herself (segment "Guajira")
	Manolo Sanlúcar	...	Himself (segment "Alegrías")
	Joaquín Cortés	...	Himself (segment "Farruca")
	Manuel Moneo	...	Himself (segment "Martinete")
	Agujeta	...	(segment "Martinete")
	Mario Maya	...	Himself (segment "Martinete")
	Paco Toronjo	...	Himself (segment "Fandangos de Huelva")
	Antonio Toscano	...	Himself (segment "Fandangos de Huelva")
	Fernanda de Utrera	...	Herself (segment "Soleares")
	José Meneses	...	Himself (segment "Petenera") (as José Menese)
	María Pagés	...	Herself (segment "Petenera")
	Enrique Morente	...	Himself (segment "Siguiriyas")
	José Mercé	...	Himself (segment "Soleá")
	Manuela Carrasco	...	Herself (segment "Soleá")

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As a hall fills with performers, a narrator says that flamenco came from Andalucia, a mix of Greek psalms, Mozarabic dirges, Castillian ballads, Jewish laments, Gregorian chants, African rhythms, and Iranian and Romany melodies. The film presents thirteen rhythms of flamenco, each with song, guitar, and dance: the up-tempo bularías, a brooding farruca, an anguished martinete, and a satiric fandango de huelva. There are tangos, a taranta, alegrías, siguiriyas, soleás, a guajira of patrician women, a petenera about a sentence to death, villancicos, and a final rumba. Families present numbers, both festive and fierce. The camera and the other performers are the only audience. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>

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