The beautiful Carmen is imprisoned for starting a fight in the
cigarette factory where she works in Seville. By seducing the
officer Don José she manages to escape and live in the mountains
with a gang of smugglers. Obsessed with Carmen, the disgraced Don
José becomes a deserter and sets out to find her, determined
that she will be his woman and his alone. But Carmen has by now
acquired a new lover, the handsome bullfighter Escamillo. In the
ensuing duel a tragic conclusion seems inevitable...
Script: Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Halévy, Prosper Mérimée (novel),
Francesco Rosi,
Tonino Guerra
Cinematographer: Pasqualino De Santis
Cast: Julia Migenes (Carmen),
Plácido Domingo (Don José),
Ruggero Raimondi (Escamillo),
Faith Esham (Micaëla),
François Le Roux (Moralès),
John-Paul Bogart (Zuñiga),
Susan Daniel (Mercédès),
Lillian Watson (Frasquita),
Jean-Philippe Lafont (Dancaïre),
Gérard Garino (Remendado),
Julien Guiomar (Lillas Pastia),
Accursio Di Leo (Guide),
Maria Campano (Manuelita),
Cristina Hoyos (Dancer),
Juan Antonio Jiménez (Dancer),
Aurora Vargas (Carmen's Friend),
Carmen Vargas (Carmen's Friend),
Concha Vargas (Carmen's Friend),
Esperanza Fernández (Carmen's Friend),
Lourdes García (Carmen's Friend)
Country: France / Italy
Language: French
Support: Color (Eastmancolor)
Runtime: 152 min
The best of Japanese cinema
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