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Dance adaptation of the opera Carmen in old-fashioned slapstick style. With four dancers in the pits of a deserted Czech coalmine, adapted music of Georges Bizet and choreography by Jirí Kylián.
Dance adaptation, shot in old black-and-white slapstick style, of the opera Carmen introduces four dancers who act out their tragicomic story in the pits of a deserted Czech coalmine, to Georges Bizet's expressive music (which composer Han Otten arranged and completed with compositions of his own) and following Jirí Kylián's choreography, which was created on site.

Title: Car Men
Year: 2006
Duration : 28 minutes
Category: Short Feature
Edition: NFF 2007

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