Flamenco
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Flamenco

6.2 / 10 1995 1h 40mNR Spanish
DocumentaryMusic

Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

La Paquera de Jerez

La Paquera de Jerez

Lead
Paco de Lucía

Paco de Lucía

Fernanda de Utrera

Fernanda de Utrera

Antonio Toscano

Antonio Toscano

Matilde Coral

Matilde Coral

Duquende

Duquende

Merche Esmeralda

Merche Esmeralda

Mario Maya

Mario Maya

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Carlos Saura's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Flamenco is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker