Flamenco (1995 film) Utrera, José Menese, Enrique Morente, José Mercé, Farruco y Farruquito, Ketama, Manzanita, Maria Pagès and many others at the old Seville train station. "Flamenco" was issued on DVD by New Yorker Video in December 2003, in Spanish with English subtitles. The lyrics of the songs are translated in the subtitles (the only "dialog" in the film). Flamenco (1995 film) Flamenco is a 1995 Spanish documentary film directed by Carlos Saura with camerawork by cinematographer Vittorio Storaro. The film is entirely musical and dancing vignettes, composed and photographed on a sound stage. "Flamenco" is a documentary that includes performances from some
Palo (flamenco) tientos and complete it with one or more stanzas in tango rhythm. The farruca and the garrotín were folkloric songs originated probably in Asturias and Catalonia and brought to Andalusia, where they acquired flamenco characteristics. The Spanish expression ida y vuelta ("departure and return") refers to a "round trip". These "palos" are supposed to have been exported from Spain to the New World and especially Cuba, where they acquired Native American and African influences, to be reimported again in Andalusia by returned emigrants. These palos include guajiras, vidalitas, milongas, and colombianas. Flamenco singers often sing several types of folkloric songs,