Carmen (1983 film)

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Carmen is a 1983 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 Maria Pagès. 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.

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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.^[1] It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

v t e Films directed by Carlos Saura

1955- 1964	Cuenca The Delinquents Weeping for a Bandit

1965- 1980	La caza Peppermint Frappé Stress Is Three Honeycomb The Garden of Delights Ana and the Wolves Cousin Angelica Raise Ravens Elisa, vida mía Blindfolded Eyes Mama Turns 100 Faster, Faster

1981- 2001	Blood Wedding Sweet Hours Antonieta Carmen Los Zancos El amor brujo El Dorado The Dark Night ¡Ay Carmela! The South Marathon Sevillanas Outrage Flamenco Taxi Little Bird Tango Goya in Bordeaux Bunuel and King Solomon's Table

2002- present	Salomé The 7th Day Iberia Fados I, Don Giovanni Flamenco, Flamenco

v t e BAFTA Award for Best Film (1981–2000)

Best Film	The Elephant Man (1981) Chariots of Fire (1982) Gandhi (1983) Educating Rita (1984) The Killing Fields (1985) The Purple Rose of Cairo (1986) A Room with a View (1987) Jean de Florette (1988) The Last Emperor (1989) Dead Poets Society (1990) Goodfellas (1991) The Commitments (1992) Howards End (1993) Schindler's List (1994) Four Weddings and a Funeral (1995) Sense and Sensibility (1996) The English Patient (1997) The Full Monty (1998) Shakespeare in Love (1999) American Beauty (2000)

Best Foreign Language Film	Christ Stopped at Eboli (1983) Danton (1984) Carmen (1985) Colonel Redl (1986) Ran (1987) The Sacrifice (1988)

Best Film Not in the English Language	Babette's Feast (1989) Life and Nothing But (1990) Cinema Paradiso (1991) The Nasty Girl (1992) Raise the Red Lantern (1993) Farewell My Concubine (1994) To Live (1995) Il Postino (1996) Ridicule (1997) The Apartment (1998) Central Station (1999) All About My Mother (2000)

Best British Film	The Crying Game (1993) Shadowlands (1994) Shallow Grave (1995) The Madness of King George (1996) Secrets & Lies (1997) Nil by Mouth (1998) Elizabeth (1999) East Is East (2000)

Complete list (1948–1960) (1961–1980) (1981–2000) (2001–2020)

v t e Georges Bizet's Carmen

Films	Carmen (1932) Nights in Andalusia Carmen, la de Triana Carmen Jones First Name: Carmen Carmen (1983) Carmen (1984) Carmen on Ice Carmen: A Hip Hopera Carmen (2003) U-Carmen eKhayelitsha Carmen's Kiss

Source	Carmen (novella)

Stage	Carmen Jones (musical) Carmen (1949 ballet) Carmen Suite (ballet)

Music	Carmen discography "Toreador Song" "Habanera" "Seguidilla" Carmen: Duets & Arias Carmen Suites "Carmen Brasilia"

Related	Carmen Fantasy Carmen Fantasie The Loves of Carmen Carmen up to Data The Car Man Battle of the Carmens