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"Ay, Carmela!"
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302253771
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6302253772
Label: Hbo Home Video
Languages: Italian (Original Language), AnalogPolish (Original Language), AnalogSpanish (Original Language), Analog
Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Hbo Home Video
Release Date: June 23, 1998
Running Time: 105 minutes
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: February 08, 1991
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Rating:  - ¡Ay,Carmela!
Even if you do not know a lot about the Spanish Civil War, you will enjoy this incredible movie about that time period in history. There is comedy, tragedy, pathos, suspense and wisdom in this story of a piece of the war as seen through the eyes of two traveling entertainers who happen to land up in the wrong place at the wrong time. The film crescendos to an ending of hope, believe it or not. It does not matter if you understand Spanish, the subtitles are excellent and the performances are superb. ... Read More
Rating: - Beautiful and thought provoking
This movie is brilliant!
...Three performers travel across Spain with an anti-Franco troupe risking their lives to fuel the resistance against a fascist government takeover. After being captured, they must choose between their freedom and their lives...
Beautifully put together with wonderful acting and an intriguing script, I recommend this movie to everyone. "Ay, Carmela!" is not only deep, moving, and interesting, but it still keeps one laughing from time to time with funny jokes. ... Read More
Rating:  - Franco Flaminco
**Parts of Plot Revealed*
The begining of this film had some motion to it but when it couldn't decide if it was a comedy or an attack on Franco, it lost the steam and everyone became confused. It didn't even work because it was dull and monotonous also. The plot concerns a comedy acting troupe who was hired by the Republican officer corps to entertain enlisted troops. We see Carmela, who is a robust and an attractive older woman who can dance the flamenco. Her husband, a weak, tired former opera ... Read More
Rating: - Great film set during the Spanish Civil War
The great director Carlos Saura started with an outstanding cast and authentic detailed war time sets to create this superb film about republican vaudeville entertainers who take a wrong turn during their road show and wind up in the hands of fascist troops. Expecting to be executed, they are given a chance to entertain the fascists and obtain freedom by a stage struck Italian officer. But a chance encounter with Polish international brigade prisoners of war creates an emotional conflict for Carmen Maura. ... Read More
Rating: - Novios de la muerte.
The Spanish Civil War seen as a vaudeville show for the brutal Franco troops, where the terrified performers try to save their skins and their conscience, knowing they can't have both. Carmen Maura shines (what else is new?) as the outspoken partner in a sing-and-dance couple, but Pajares clearly steals the show as her chaplinesque, panic-stricken husband.
For SCW buffs, the movie is top notch. Down-to-the-last-detail production truly re-creates wartime Spain in every aspect, from uniforms, vehicles, weapons, ... Read More
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