Eclipse Series 6: Carlos Saura’s Flamenco Trilogy [Blu-ray]

Eclipse Series 6 Carlos Sauras Flamenco Trilogy Blu-ray brings together three electrifying films that celebrate Spanish dance, music, and identity through the visionary direction of Carlos Saura. Featuring choreography and performances by flamenco legend Antonio Gades, this collection captures the intensity, rhythm, and emotion of the art form in cinematic form.

Blending rehearsal, performance, and narrative, these films explore passion, jealousy, and myth through movement and music, using striking camerawork and editing to immerse viewers in the world of flamenco.

directed by: Carlos Saura
starring: Antonio Gades, Laura del Sol
1981 / 1983 / 1986 / Spanish

FILM INFO

• Blood Wedding (1981)
• Carmen (1983)
• El amor brujo (1986)

Blood Wedding
A rehearsal of Antonio Gades’s adaptation of Federico García Lorca’s tragedy becomes a visceral cinematic experience, with dynamic camerawork and rhythmic editing capturing the emotional force of the performance.

Carmen
A choreographer becomes entangled with his lead dancer in a layered exploration of art and life, blurring the line between performance and reality in a visually hypnotic reinterpretation of the classic story.

El amor brujo
Set in a rural Andalusian village, this theatrical and visually rich tale follows a man whose lover is haunted by a ghost, combining folklore, romance, and flamenco in a dramatic narrative.