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A Love Bewitched

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Since they were children, Carmelo (Antonio Gades) has loved Candela (Cristina Hoyos). Unfortunately, Candela marries José (Juan Antonio Jiménez) instead, as arranged by their parents. José, however, loves another woman (Laura del Sol). After José is stabbed to death while defending his lover, Carmelo pursues Candela and finally marries her. Still, she remains haunted by the death of her former husband. The victim of a curse, can she avoid dancing with José's ghost every night?

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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Told in song and dance, this Spanish tragic love story was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Oscar. Rated: B Jun 24, 2011 Full Review Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality & Practice Features great dancing and a gypsy view of love. Rated: 3/5 Aug 26, 2004 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Saura's third collaboration with Gades, the opening shot starts with a studio shutter closing, with the camera panning across the studio, into the setpiece: a desert town. He lets you know immediately that this is a dramatization on a stage, it is not meant as reality. The story itself is an intriguing multiple-relationship love story, with betrayal, killing, and even a ghost. A bit weaker than the previous 2 films, the third still stands on its own as something very unique in movies. Dance on. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Easily the weakest of Saura's Flamenco trilogy, but it's still very good. It just happens to drag. The pace felt really off. Others might feel differently. It's definitely worth checking out. But I feel like you really need to love dance to like this. I'm not that into dance, and I felt like you could watch Blood Wedding and Carmen and not fully be into dance, because those were more about the rehearsal process. This is a finished production. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Liked it but not as much as the first in the trilogy. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Incredibly intense. Wonderful flamenco dancing and music. Powerful emotions portrayed. Love, passion, betrayal, ghost. This is a great work by Carlos Saura. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Theatrical in style and haunting in terms of music, dance and performance. Beautiful work by Saura. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Actually more likely "A Bewitched Love", a film that dances, literally in ways that words can only imitates. A visual thriller. Don't watch it just for the music. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Carlos Saura

Director

Antonio Gades

Carmelo

Cristina Hoyos

Candela

Laura del Sol

Lucía

Juan Antonio Jiménez

José

Jesús López Cobos

Conductor
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Synopsis Since they were children, Carmelo (Antonio Gades) has loved Candela (Cristina Hoyos). Unfortunately, Candela marries José (Juan Antonio Jiménez) instead, as arranged by their parents. José, however, loves another woman (Laura del Sol). After José is stabbed to death while defending his lover, Carmelo pursues Candela and finally marries her. Still, she remains haunted by the death of her former husband. The victim of a curse, can she avoid dancing with José's ghost every night?
Director
Carlos Saura
Producer
Piedra
Rating
PG
Genre
Musical
Original Language
Spanish
Runtime
1h 40m