El Amor brujo (1986 film)


El amor brujo Love, the Magician, or Wedded by Witchcraft or Carlos Saura Dance Trilogy, PartEl 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 Pags. It is the third part of the Sauras 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.

Candela, who is loved by Carmelo, marries Jos in a prearranged marriage decided by their respective fathers. Jos is in love with the flirtatious Luca and dies defending her honor. Carmelo is mistakenly arrested for the killing, and spends several years in prison. After being released, he declares his love for Candela.Although Candela is now free to marry Carmelo she is haunted and obsessed by the ghost of Jos, who reappears every night to dance with her. Candela, while speaking with Luca, learns that Jos pursued her even after he married Candela. She renounces him, but is unable to shake his hold on her. Ta Rosario provides the solution Lucia must dance with Jos, an act which will exorcise his ghost forever. It is never made clear if Luca actually gives up her life to join him, but she never reappears in the film after their dance scene. ........

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