Rent Blood Wedding (1981)
3.8 of 5 from 60 ratings
1h 8min
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- Synopsis:
- Backstage in a theatre, the camera follows the arrival, make-up and rehearsal of a dance company. They perform the flamenco ballet, Blood Wedding: Leonardo, a married man, is in love with the bride to be. At the end of the ceremony he runs off with the bride but the bridegroom chases after them and challenges his rival.
- Actors:
- Antonio Gades, Cristina Hoyos, Juan Antonio Jiménez, Carmen Villena, Pilar Cárdenas, El Güito, Lario Díaz, Enrique Esteve, Elvira Andrés, Azucena Flores, Cristina Gombau, Marisa Neila, Antonio Quintana, Quico Franco, Candy Román, José Mercé, Gómez de Jerez, Marisol, Pepe Blanco
- Directors:
- Carlos Saura
- Producers:
- Emiliano Piedra
- Writers:
- Antonio Gades, Federico García Lorca
- Aka:
- Bodas de Sangre
- Studio:
- StudioCanal
- Genres:
- Drama, Music & Musicals
- Collections:
- A Brief History of Film Weddings: Part 3, Dancing Queens: Guide to the Musical Films That'll
- Countries:
- Spain
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Reviews (1) of Blood Wedding
Brilliant dance film - Blood Wedding review by Alphaville
If you think flamenco is all about stamping around with castanets, this film will be a revelation. If you find films about dance boring, this film will be a revelation. If you’ve never seen or heard of Antonio Gades, this film will be revelation. It’s a kind of acted/danced documentary in which rehearsals for the Blood Wedding of the title become so intense that we forget they’re rehearsals and become involved in the action itself. Perhaps the closest film to it in spirit is West Side Story.
Ditch the castanets for starters. This is flamenco ballet like you’ve never seen it. Gades is a such a mesmerising presence that you can’t take your eyes off him. The climactic knife fight is brilliantly executed in slow motion, beautifully shot in real-time by Carlos Saura’s prowling camera.
At a brief 80mins, it’s worth giving it a shot. It was such a success at the 1981 Edinburgh Film Festival that Gades brought his company to Edinburgh the following year for an equally stunning live performance, and a year later he and Saura reunited for a film version of Carmen.
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