passionate and dramatic and rivet a flamenco itself and the film be simply amazing . it be set on the immortal bizet music . the original music be write and perform by one of the great classical guitarist and lead proponent of the modern flamenco style and paco de lucia who play a musician with the same name . legendary flamenco dancer and choreographer antonio gades co or write the script and choreograph this fabulous version of the celebrated george bizet or prosper mérimée novella or opera . he play a main character antonio and the famous dancer or choreographer who work on retell the story of carmen in the flamenco style that combine dance with singing and rhythmic hand clapping and have a highly charge level of dynamic that appeal enormously to the viewer . brilliant and graceful cristina hoyos whose technical excellence match the elegant artistry of her dance shine in the supporting role . hoyos have be the first dancer in gades company for twenty year ( 1968 1988 ) and she be the protagonist of three film that carlos saura make of gades three great show represent bodas de sangre ( 1978 ) and carmen ( 1983 ) and el amor brujo ( 1985 ) . gorgeous laura del sol be a young dancer name carmen in whom antony see from the first sight another carmen and who be immortalize by two frenchman and the writer prosper mérimée in his most famous novella write in 1846 that have inspire george bizet world famous opéra comique version from 1875. a in the opera and in the novella and carmen in saura film be desirable and deadly and the ultimate femme fatale who have to be free above anything else . she could not tolerate the possessive love of any man and would prefer death to submission . there some 50 movie adaptation of the story and the opera to the screen and and as different a they be and they all have in common the only possible tragic end . saura or gades film be unique a the most sensual of all and truly spanish . i fell in love with it from the first time i saw it over twenty year ago and it be a special and beautiful today a it be back then . highly recommended .