Carmen (1983 film)

Carmen is a 1983 Spanish film adaptation of the novel "Carmen" by Prosper Mérimée, using music from the opera "Carmen" by Georges Bizet. It was directed and choreographed in the flamenco style by Carlos Saura and María Pagés. It is the second part of Saura's flamenco trilogy in the 1980s, preceded by "Bodas de sangre" and followed by "El amor brujo".
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.
Reception.
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" (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 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.