About the film
El amor brujo (Love, the Magician, or Wedded by Witchcraft) or Carlos Saura Dance Trilogy, Part 3: El Amor Brujo is a 1986 Spanish musical film written and directed by Carlos Saura. It was directed and choreographed in the flamenco style by Maria Pagès. It is the third part of the Saura's flamenco trilogy he made in the 1980s, after Bodas de sangre in 1981 and Carmen in 1983. The film was screened out of competition at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival.
The film is based on El amor brujo composed by Manuel de Falla. He originally wrote for a gypsy troupe using a libretto by María de la O Lejárraga. The premiere in 1915 was not very successful and the composer reduced the amount of spoken dialogue, reworking the piece as a ballet.
From the Wikipedia article “El amor brujo (1986 film)”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
