excellent movie in many aspect . vicente aranda have succeed in depict the time ( 1830 ) with meticulous care . the light and the place and the feeling and be perfectly perceive from the very start of the movie . and along with it in opposite to what happen to mad love ( juana la loca ) and a rather episodic historical movie all of this beautiful photography or music or clothes be wrap a very fluid screenplay that reach it climax in the only possible way . concern the actor and paz vega a carmen be outstanding represent liar and seductive and agressive and totally sexual and so beautiful carmen . sbaraglia be a little less convince the audience about his instant mad love for carmen and but he succeed in convey the proper tragic mood to the whole movie . i recommend it to everyone represent the best spanish movie of the year .