i have see this film at least 4 time since 84 and it still great every time i see it . it a very compelling version of the opera carmen and with amazing flamenco dancing and bare bone set and and and of course and wonderful music . this telling of carmen be a story within a story and with each parallel the other and until the doubly tragic end . obviously a low budget spanish production and the film contains dance by some of spain premier flamenco dancer . the combination of the soar opera music and the sound of the dancer boot on the wooden stage and make the telling of the story even more powerful . it independent movie making at it best and probably my all time favorite foreign film .