Flamenco (1995)

As a hall fills with performers, a narrator says that flamenco came from Andalucia, a mix of Greek psalms, Mozarabic dirges, Castillian ballads, Jewish laments, Gregorian chants, African rhythms, and Iranian and Romany melodies. The film presents thirteen rhythms of flamenco, each with song, guitar, and dance: the up-tempo bularías, a brooding farruca, an anguished martinete, and a satiric fandango de huelva. There are tangos, a taranta, alegrías, siguiriyas, soleás, a guajira of patrician women, a petenera about a sentence to death, villancicos, and a final rumba. Families present numbers, both festive and fierce. The camera and the other performers are the only audience.

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Summary Details
Domestic DistributorNew Yorker Films
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Domestic Opening$22,106
Earliest Release DateApril 25, 1997 (Domestic)
Running Time1 hr 40 min
GenresDocumentary Music
FilmmakersRole
Carlos Saura Director
Carlos Saura Writer
Juan Lebrón Producer
José Miguel Carmona Composer
Juan Carmona Composer
Vittorio Storaro Cinematographer
Pablo G. del Amo Editor
Rafael Palmero Production Designer
CastRole
La Paquera de Jerez
Merche Esmeralda
Manolo Sanlúcar
Joaquín Cortés