Synopsis
Bizet's Carmen gets a modern adaptation. Seducting, provocating, sensual. All the ingredients for a perfect drama. With her charm, Karmen gets out of many situations.
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Cast
- Djeïnaba Diop GaïKarmen Geï
- Magaye NiangLamine Diop
- Stephanie BiddleAngélique
- Thierno Ndiaye DossOld Samba
- Dieynaba NiangMa Penda
- El Hadg NdiayeMassigi
- Aïssatou DiopMajiguene
- Yandé Codou SèneBeach singer
- Massamba MadieyeMansour
- Ibrahima MbayeSidar
Recommendations
- 100
San Francisco Chronicle
May be the most magnetic, most beautiful and bravest Carmen ever to grace a stage or film set. - 80
The A.V. Club
The film offers plenty of powerful impressionism to make up for its lack of a coherent statement. - 75
Christian Science Monitor
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. - 70
TV Guide Magazine
Diop Gaï's performance is equally beguiling: She's both bold and mysterious, a femme fatale bursting with life. - 60
The New York Times
Enormously likable, partly because it is aware of its own grasp of the absurd. - 50
New York Post
A worthy addition to the cinematic canon, which, at last count, numbered 52 different versions. - 50
Film Threat
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.