The most straightforward narrative in the "Flamenco Trilogy" is also its most forthrightly theatrical, a modern take on composer Manuel de Falla's Gypsy ballet, dressed up in pink sunsets and hellishly red fires. Set in a dusty Andalusian village, El amor brujo (Love, the Magician) is a seductive melodrama of a man (Antonio Gades) whose beloved is haunted by the ghost of another.
Cast
Carmelo-Antonio Gades
Candela-Cristina Hoyos
Lucia-Laura del Sol
Jose-Juan Antonio Jimenez
Hechicera-Emma Penella
Pastora-La Polaca
Padre de Jose-Enrique Ortega
Padre de Candela-Diego Pantoja
Rocio-Giovanna
Chulo-Candy Roman
El Lobo/Cantaor-Gomez de Jerez
Cantaor-Manolo Sevilla
Guitarristas-Manuel Rodriguez, Juan Manuel Roldan, Antonio Solera
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Product Description
Synopsis: El Amor Brujo is the third in director Carlos Saura's flamenco trilogy, preceded by Blood Wedding (1981) and Carmen (1983).The plot involves two gypsies, male and female, who are united in an arranged marriage. Each loves someone else, a circumstance that results in a fatal knife duel. Candela eventually remarries, but her new husband soon discovers that every night at midnight, she is compelled to arise from her bed and dance with the ghost of Jose. The climax involves the girl's torn loyalties between the ghost of her dead husband and her living lover. Antonio Gades, Cristina Hoyos, Laura del Sol and Juan Antonio Jimenez are the principals in this well-photographed film.
