

While rehearsing a flamenco ballet adaptation of Bizet's opera “Carmen”, Antonio, the choreographer, falls in love with the main dancer, Carmen, a fiercely independent woman. Antonio is slowly consumed by jealousy and possessiveness towards Carmen, just like Don José in the original opera, blurring the lines between fiction and reality.

Antonio Gades
Antonio
Lead
Laura del Sol
Carmen

Paco de Lucía
Paco

Marisol
Pepa Flores

Cristina Hoyos
Cristina

Juan Antonio Jiménez
Juan

José Yepes
Pepe Girón
Sebastián Moreno
Escamillo
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Carlos Saura's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
“Every frame feels alive. Carmen is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”