Blood Wedding

Blood Wedding

1981 · 68 min · ES · 6.6 (55 votes)
Dir. Carlos Saura · Starring Antonio Gades, Cristina Hoyos, Juan Antonio Jiménez, Pilar Cárdenas, Carmen Villena, Elvira Andrés · Music Emilio de Diego · The Flamenco Trilogy
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A dance troupe prepares for and completes a dress rehearsal of Federico García Lorca's tragic play "Blood Wedding," which is about a bride who runs away from her wedding with a former boyfriend.

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A raw, operatic explosion of passion and tragedy. This film throbs with the intensity of forbidden desire and the inevitability of fate, set to a visceral flamenco beat. It's a dark, beautiful descent into a fated, bloody end.

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