Carmen

While preparing a flamenco version of George Bizet's Carmen, ambitious choreographer Antonio falls in love with his prima ballerina of all people. But she does not reciprocate his feelings to the desired extent - and so desire and frenzy, stage action and reality become increasingly intertwined ... With his complex choreography, fascinating camerawork and not least Paco de Lucía's music, Saura wrote film history in 1983. This Oscar-nominated milestone and hit with audiences explores the fluid connections between life and art on various levels by making the production of the latter its central theme. In doing so, he not only emphasises the timelessness of the original, but also evokes the power of cinema itself.