Flamenco, Flamenco

Carlos Saura / Spain / 2010 / 90 min
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Spanish with English subtitles

Fourteen years ago a film called Flamenco was produced. It was a story about this beautiful genre, with singing, dancing and music. It became a landmark in the history of music in Spain.With the experience and knowledge that Carlos Saura’s films have gained over time, and with part of the team that worked in that file (Vittorio Storaro as photography director and Isidro Muñoz as music adviser), Flamenco Flamenco explores once again the current talents in this lively and dynamic art, to present a new film.

Flamenco, Flamenco can be considered to be the greatest exponent of Carlos Saura’s particular and personal way of producing musical cinema. This has enabled audiences all around the world to enjoy our films and our art, through music, dancing and incredibly beautiful singing.

About the Director
Carlos Saura was born in Huesca. He then moved to Madrid to continue his Industrial Engineering career. Was removed from film school for strictly political reasons. In 1959 he filmed Los Golfos (1962). In this film he tried to create a sort of Spanish Neo-Realism by tackling the juvenile delinquency in the Madrid’s poor quarters from a sociological point of view. Saura is a well accepted director both nationally and internationally, and in proof of it he won many awards: Silver Bear in the Berlin Festival for The Hunt (1966), Peppermint Frappè (1967). Special Jury award in Cannes for Cousin Angelica, and for Cría Cuervos. Also the film Mama turns 100 (1979) got an Oscar nomination in 1979 as the best foreign film, and it won the Special Jury award at the San Sebastian Festival. In 1990, he won two Goya award as best adapted screenplay writer and best director.
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