El amor brujo (1967 film)
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Bewitched Love is a 1967 Spanish drama film
directed by Francisco Rovira Beleta
and based on the eponymous ballet
by Manuel de Falla
. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
.
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Francisco Rovira Beleta
Francisco Rovira Beleta
Francisco Rovira Beleta was a twice Academy Award nominee Spanish screenwriter and film director. His film Los atracadores was entered into the 12th Berlin International Film Festival. His 1962 film Los Tarantos was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Foreign Film category...
and based on the eponymous ballet
El amor brujo
El amor brujo is a piece of music originally composed by Manuel de Falla for a chamber group, then re-scored as a symphonic suite, and eventually as a ballet...
by Manuel de Falla
Manuel de Falla
Manuel de Falla y Matheu was a Spanish Andalusian composer of classical music. With Isaac Albéniz, Enrique Granados and Joaquín Turina he is one of Spain's most important musicians of the first half of the 20th century....
. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
.
Cast
- Antonio GadesAntonio GadesAntonio Gades was a Spanish flamenco dancer and choreographer . He helped to popularise the art form on the international stage...
as Antonio - La Polaca as Candelas
- Rafael de Córdoba as Diego Sánchez
- Morucha as Lucía
- Nuria TorrayNuria TorrayNuria Torray was a Spanish film, television and theatre actress.-Film:She appeared in various films including:*Maravilla * Un Marido de Ida y Vuelta * El Amor Brujo * El Bosque del Lobo...
as Soledad - José Manuel Martín as Lorenzo
- Fernando Sánchez PolackFernando Sánchez PolackFernando Sánchez Polack was a Spanish actor. He appeared in 113 films and television shows between 1959 and 1982...
as Padre de Candelas
See also
- List of submissions to the 40th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Spanish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film