Blood Wedding (1981)

Original title

Bodas de sangre

Directed by

Carlos Saura

Genre

drama film, musical film

Country

France, Spain

Runtime

1h 12m

Rated

TP

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 54 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A flamenco dance company performs a stark adaptation of Federico Garcia Lorca's play about a bride who runs away with her former lover on her wedding day. The performers rehearse and then dance the story in a bare studio space with minimal props and costumes.

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What happens

Blood Wedding (Spanish: Bodas de sangre) is a 1981 Spanish musical film written and directed by Carlos Saura. It was directed and choreographed in the flamenco style. It is the first part of Saura's 1980s flamenco trilogy, and is followed by Carmen (1983) and El amor brujo (1986). The film depicts Antonio Gades and his dance company performing a flamenco adaptation of Federico García Lorca's play Blood Wedding. As with all Saura's flamenco films, the film is overtly theatrical: it begins with the company arriving at the studio and putting on costumes and makeup. The dance is then performed in a bare windowed space with a minimum of props and no set. There are no elaborate costumes and many of the actors wear only their rehearsal clothes. It was shown out of competition at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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