Flamenco (Subtitled) (Wide Screen) > Reviews > Flamenco for everyone

Author's product rating:   

Did you enjoy it?	Liked it
Story	Good
Characters / Performances	Outstanding
Special Effects	Standard
How does it compare to similar films?	Outstanding

Advantages:	Rhythm, a fantastic photograpy and the music
Disadvantages:	If you don't like flamenco, forget about it

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

If you have been always curious about flamenco, this is your movie. Carlos Saura, a well known Spanish director, already made the miracle of bringing this type of music to the general public with Sevillanas, and now he gets it right again with this film.
It may sound boring a film of people just singing and dancing one after another, but Saura manages to make a story of all of it, to give it more sense than just an exotic entertainment; he makes it magic and, even if you don't fancy the music, it won't leave you indifferent
With top flamenco stars (singers and dancers) like Paco de Lucia and Joaquin Cortez, and the incredible photography of Vittorio Storaro, Flamenco is vigorous, beautiful, moving and intensely passionate.