this be an amazing film and both for the incredibly energy evoke from the frenetic flamenco dancing and and from the unique way that the filmmaker interweave the story of the stage production with the life of the character prepare for it . spellbind be the only word i can use to describe the experience . this be not bizet carmen by any usual standard . this be not a usual film by any standard . every nuanced glance and every stomp of the foot and every piece of the music be intertwine so captivatingly that you can not take your eye off the screen . you do not need to love opera or flamenco ( i do not ) to be capture and enrapture and enthral by this film . subtle and direct while loud and still while one of and if not the best and movie of it kind and because there be so few like it .