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- 2002
- California Newsreel
- 1 h 26 m
- 2002
- California Newsreel
- 1 h 26 m
Summary This gorgeous, sexy, exotically conceived reinterpretation of Georges Bizet's classic opera is set in modern-day Dakar, on the coast of West Africa. (Film Forum)
Directed By: Joseph Gaï Ramaka
Written By: Prosper Mérimée, Joseph Gaï Ramaka
- 2002
- California Newsreel
- 1 h 26 m
- 2002
- California Newsreel
- 1 h 26 m
Karmen Gei
67
2.4
Summary This gorgeous, sexy, exotically conceived reinterpretation of Georges Bizet's classic opera is set in modern-day Dakar, on the coast of West Africa. (Film Forum)
Directed By: Joseph Gaï Ramaka
Written By: Prosper Mérimée, Joseph Gaï Ramaka
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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57% Positive
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
67
57% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
43% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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May be the most magnetic, most beautiful and bravest Carmen ever to grace a stage or film set.
The film offers plenty of powerful impressionism to make up for its lack of a coherent statement.
Directors as different as Otto Preminger and Jean-Luc Godard have taken a crack at "Carmen" and Ramaka's version is a colorful addition to the list.
Diop Gaï's performance is equally beguiling: She's both bold and mysterious, a femme fatale bursting with life.
Enormously likable, partly because it is aware of its own grasp of the absurd.
While the screen didn't really need another Carmen, it certainly needs a knockout femme fatale like Diop Gai. Hopefully, Carmen can get a much-needed rest and audiences can get much more of this stunning African icon-in-waiting.
A worthy addition to the cinematic canon, which, at last count, numbered 52 different versions.
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 7 User Ratings
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Generally Unfavorable
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Production Company
Arte France Cinéma,
Canal+ Horizons,
Canal+,
Crédit d'Impôt Cinéma et Télévision,
Euripide Productions,
Film Tonic,
Les Ateliers de l'Arche,
Sofica Sofinergie 5,
Téléfilm Canada,
UGC International,
Zagarianka Productions
Release Date Apr 10, 2002
Duration 1 h 26 m
Awards
L.A. Outfest
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
San Francisco International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Jutra Awards
• 1 Nomination
