Love, The Magician (1986) ( El Amor brujo ) ( Love The Magician )

Love, The Magician (1986) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: El Amor brujo
Alternate Title: Love The Magician
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Fantasporto Awards
Goya Awards
Montreal World Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
99 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1986 and produced in:
Spain ( Spain, Portugal )

Directed By:
Carlos Saura

Written By:
Gregorio Martínez Sierra
Carlos Saura

Actors:
Antonio Gades ..... Carmelo
Cristina Hoyos ..... Candela
Laura del Sol ..... Lucía
Juan Antonio Jiménez ..... José
Emma Penella ..... Tía Rosario
La Polaca ..... Pastora
Gómez de Jerez ..... El Lobo/Cantaores
Enrique Ortega ..... Padre de José
Diego Pantoja ..... Padre de Candela
Giovana ..... Rocío
Candy Román ..... Chulo
Manolo Sevilla ..... Cantaores
Antonio Solera ..... Guitarrista

Synopsis:

El Amor Brujo is the third in director Carlos Saura's flamenco trilogy, preceded by Blood Wedding (1981) and Carmen (1983).The plot involves two gypsies, male and female, who are united in an arranged marriage. Each loves someone else, a circumstance that results in a fatal knife duel. Candela eventually remarries, but her new husband soon discovers that every night at midnight, she is compelled to arise from her bed and dance with the ghost of Jose. The climax involves the girl's torn loyalties between the ghost of her dead husband and her living lover. Antonio Gades, Cristina Hoyos, Laura del Sol and Juan Antonio Jimenez are the principals in this well-photographed film.

In a Gypsy village, the fathers of Candela and José promise their children to each other. Years later, the unfaithful José marries Candela but while defending his lover Lucía in a brawl, he is stabbed to death. Carmelo, who secretly loves Candela since he was a boy, is arrested while helping José and unfairly sent to prison. Four years later he is released and declares his love for Candela. However, the woman is cursed by a bewitched love and every night she goes to the place where José died to dance with his ghost.

Candela marries Jose; soon after he is stabbed to death in a brawl over another woman. Every night, Candela is compelled to arise from her bed and dance with the ghost of Jose. Candela eventually marries Carmelo, who has loved her since they were children, but she is not yet free of her dead husband.

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