El Amor Brujo

EL AMOR BRUJO is the third entry in Spanish director Saura's flamenco dance trilogy, preceded in 1981 by BLOOD WEDDING and in 1983 by CARMEN. This time Saura and his choreographer, Gades, have turned to the Manuel de Falla opera for their source of inspiration.

Using much of the cast from CARMEN--Del Sol has here been relegated to a supporting role, and Hoyos has been given the lead--Saura has set the film on an exotically colored and stylishly designed studio set of a Madrid shantytown. Jimenez and Hoyos are gypsies who have been betrothed since childhood--when their fathers, having drunk too much wine, confirmed the arrangement. Early in the film a splendid we...