''Carmen'' is a 1983 Spanish film adaptation of the novel '' Carmen'' by Prosper Mérimée, using music from the opera '' Carmen'' by

Georges Bizet Georges Bizet (; 25 October 18383 June 1875) was a French composer of the Romantic era. Best known for his operas in a career cut short by his early death, Bizet achieved few successes before his final work, ''Carmen'', which has become on ...

. It was directed and choreographed in the flamenco style by

Carlos Saura Carlos Saura Atarés (born 4 January 1932) is a Spanish film director, photographer and writer. Along with Luis Buñuel and Pedro Almodóvar, he is considered to be one of Spain’s most renowned filmmakers. He has a long and prolific career th ...

and

María Pagés María Jesús Pagés Madrigal (born 28 July 1963 in Seville, Spain), better known as María Pagés, is a modern Spanish dancer and choreographer and one of the most internationally renowned Flamenco artists in the world. She is considered the par ...

. It is the second part of Saura's flamenco trilogy in the 1980s, preceded by ''

Bodas de sangre ''Blood Wedding'' ( es, link=no, Bodas de sangre) is a tragedy by Spanish dramatist Federico García Lorca. It was written in 1932 and first performed at Teatro Beatriz in Madrid in March 1933, then later that year in Buenos Aires, Argentina. ...

'' and followed by ''

El amor brujo ''El amor brujo'' (, "The sorcerer love") is a ballet by Manuel de Falla to a libretto by María de la O Lejárraga García, although for years it was attributed to her husband Gregorio Martínez Sierra. It exists in three versions as well as a p ...

''. The film's basic plot line is that the modern dancers re-enact in their personal lives Bizet's tragic love affair, up to its lethal climax.

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The film was the highest-grossing Spanish film in the United States at the time, grossing $3.1 million. It was surpassed by Pedro Almodóvar's ''

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown ''Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown'' ( es, Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios) is a 1988 Spanish black comedy film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Carmen Maura and Antonio Banderas. The film brought Almodóvar t ...

'' (1988). It sold 2,168,737 tickets in Germany and 871,824 in France.

Awards

The film won the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It was entered into the

1983 Cannes Film Festival The 36th Cannes Film Festival was held from 7 to 19 May 1983. The Palme d'Or went to the '' Narayama Bushiko'' by Shōhei Imamura. In 1983, the new building for the main events of the festival, the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, was inaug ...

where it won the Technical Grand Prize and the award for Best Artistic Contribution. It was nominated for the

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to a ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carmen 1983 films 1980s Spanish-language films 1983 romantic drama films Spanish musical drama films Spanish dance films Films directed by Carlos Saura 1980s musical drama films Flamenco films Films about opera Films based on romance novels Films based on Carmen Best Foreign Language Film BAFTA Award winners Georges Bizet 1980s dance films Films about Romani people Spanish romantic drama films 1980s Spanish films

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