Carmen (1984 film)

Carmen is a 1984 French-Italian film directed by Francesco Rosi. It is a film version of Bizet's opera, Carmen. Julia Migenes stars in the title role, Plácido Domingo as Don José, Ruggero Raimondi as Escamillo, and Faith Esham as Micaela. Lorin Maazel conducts the Orchestre National de France.

Carmen
Directed byFrancesco Rosi
Written byHenri Meilhac
Ludovic Halévy
Francesco Rosi
Tonino Guerra
Produced byPatrice Ledoux
StarringJulia Migenes
Plácido Domingo
Ruggero Raimondi
Faith Esham
CinematographyPasqualino De Santis
Edited byRuggero Mastroianni
Colette Semprún
Music byGeorges Bizet
Distributed byGaumont (France)
Columbia TriStar (US)
Release date
  • 14 March 1984 (1984-03-14)
Running time
152 minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
LanguageFrench

The film premiered in France on March 14, 1984, and in the U.S. on September 20 of that year. In 1985, the film was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Film.

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