El amor brujo Film Still
  • Spain
  • 1986
  • 103 minutes
  • Color
  • 1.66:1
  • Spanish
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SYNOPSIS: The Flamenco Trilogy’s most straightforward narrative is also its most forthrightly theatrical, a modern take on composer Manuel de Falla’s gypsy ballet, dressed up in pink sunsets and hellishly red fires. Set in a dusty Andalusian village, El amor brujo (Love the Magician) is a seductive melodrama of a man (Antonio Gades) whose beloved is haunted by the ghost of another.

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