A film version of the famous Bizet opera, where a soldier (Don Jose) falls in love with a beautiful factory worker (Carmen), but she does not reciprocate his feelings.
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Title: Carmen (1984)
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Cast
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| Julia Migenes | ... | Carmen (as Julia Migenes-Johnson) | |
| Plácido Domingo | ... | Don José | |
| Ruggero Raimondi | ... | Escamillo | |
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Faith Esham | ... | Micaëla |
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François Le Roux | ... | Moralès |
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John-Paul Bogart | ... | Zuñiga |
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Susan Daniel | ... | Mercédès |
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Lillian Watson | ... | Frasquita |
| Jean-Philippe Lafont | ... | Dancaïre | |
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Gérard Garino | ... | Remendado |
| Julien Guiomar | ... | Lillas Pastia | |
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Accursio Di Leo | ... | Guide |
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Maria Campano | ... | Manuelita |
| Cristina Hoyos | ... | Dancer | |
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Juan Antonio Jiménez | ... | Dancer |
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A film version of the famous Bizet opera, where a soldier (Don Jose) falls in love with a beautiful factory worker (Carmen), but she does not reciprocate his feelings. Written by Michel Rudoy <mdrc@hp9000a1.uam.mx>
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19th century | sevilla spain | tragic love | unrequited love | bullring |Parents Guide:
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Language:
FrenchRelease Date:
14 March 1984 (France) See more »Also Known As:
Bizet's Carmen See more »Company Credits
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Color (Eastmancolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1
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Carmen: [singing in an amazed tone of voice] "The day that I will love you"? My word! I don't know!
[turns saucy, then sultry]
Carmen: Maybe never!... mm, maybe tomorrow...
[then mockingly]
Carmen: ... But NOT today! That's for sure!
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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".) See more »Goofs
The story is supposed to take place in the 1820's. The rifles the smugglers use are lever action repeating rifles, first introduced in the 1870's. The pistols they banish appear to be modern percussion cap guns first introduced in Italy in 1833. Colt patented his design in 1835. See more »Quotes
all the men: [all the men] Carmen! At your feet we follow you! Carmen! At your feet, we beg of you! Be nice, and tell us the day you will love us! Carmen, tell us the day that you will love us!Carmen: [singing in an amazed tone of voice] "The day that I will love you"? My word! I don't know!
[turns saucy, then sultry]
Carmen: Maybe never!... mm, maybe tomorrow...
[then mockingly]
Carmen: ... But NOT today! That's for sure!
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This is one of the best opera films ever made. The singing and orchestral playing are superb. The acting, directing, and scene setting made the story credible and even moving. Domingo is rather old for the role of the soldier so besotted by the sexy Carmen that he defies military orders. No matter, it works - Julia Migenes is so alluring, sings and moves so seductively, that it's not hard to imagine a man old enough to know better ruining his life for an hour with her. A must for opera lovers, and an excellent introduction to opera for those who think it's just about fat ladies playing teenage geishas and consumptive seamstresses.