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A beautiful film !
To start my review I have to say that I have seen this film more than forty times !
I love this film very much and I never tire to see it !
I think it is a very good film , full of wonderful things. The cast is one of the very best I have seen . Sara Montiél is really splendid . And wow , what a couple she made with Maurice Ronet !!! They have such a very goodm chemistry together . In this film they both play some of the most wonderful and romantic scenes I've ever seen in a film . To name one of my favourites , I love very much the scenes in the jail . They really show all the power of Sara and Maurice on a screen !!
Jorge Mistrál is also very good in his role of a bandit and Germán Cobos and the rest of the cast .
Another thing I would like to comment is about the photography, so beautiful ( those wonderful sunsets over the lovely landscapes of Ronda.)
And the film is also wonderfully animated by the lovely Spanish folk songs sung by Sara Montiél . They really give life to the film too and Sara sings the songs with such grace and charm !!
Like all the reviewers that wrote about the film before me , I would like to project the wonderful poerformance of Maurice Ronet as the French sargent , José . He is wonderful at this , he makes you feel you are in front of a wonderful actor . He has such a great deal of charm and charisma !!
He was also a very talented actor and a very handsome man . He made another three films more with Sara Montiél and worked with such a great French directors like Louis Malle or Claude Chabrol . I also have read that he became a writer and director too .
I highly recommend this film and I'd give more stars if I could !!

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"CARMEN" IS A WINNER! Neat Montiel-Ronet Vehicle
I really enjoyed this film. Great production values and of course the enchanting presence of Sarita Montiel at the top of her beauty and talents. "Carmen" devotees will be familiar with the plot. However I must warn you that Sarita's Carmen is not as ruthless as the others we've seen on the screen... This is Carmen with a romantic soul, a woman who seems to be victimized by her own beauty and sex-appeal. She falls out of love with Antonio (Jorge Mistral) and falls in love with Jose (Maurice Ronet) through a natural process. There's no malice even when she uses the French Commander (Amadeo Nazzari) or the bullfighter (German Cobos) to help out her two lovers. And boy.. this Carmen can sing! Not Bizet, of course, but some beautiful Spanish folk songs that compliment every situation in the film. If you don't understand Spanish you will miss a lot because some of the dialog is real witty. It's a shame that they did not put English subtitles on this one ... well, maybe when the DVD is released. I've read that there is also an all-English version of this movie called "The Devil Made A Woman" (See the Internet Movie Data Base). It will be great if they could put both versions in the same DVD.
To end my review I would like to comment on Maurice Ronet. This French actor is at his very best as Jose. He makes you feel what the character is feeling without uttering a word. (Watch those final scenes when he thinks that Carmen has betrayed him. He goes from sadness to frustration to anger to madness in a couple of minutes.) He is the ultimate screen actor and deserves to be considered one of the greatest that ever lived. In short Montiel-Ronet-Carmen is quite an unbeatable and pleasant combination. Don't miss it! By the way, if you are ordering this film here at Amazon, you might as well order the soundtrack on CD at the same time because you will want to hear those songs again.

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the magnificent, seductive Sarita !
This luscious musical drama is a treat. It's a retelling of the "Carmen" story, with Sarita Montiel as the gypsy temptress. She sings song after song with sensual grace and style, and a multitude of gorgeous costumes. No gypsy girl was ever arrayed in such finery, but this is the glamour version of everything ! The La Ronda setting is exquisite, the music wonderful, the men handsome...Maurice Ronet, excellent as Jose, never looked more dashing than he does in this film.

If you like old time Hollywood musicals, and understand Spanish, try this for a change of pace...it's truly great, and Montiel is like a rose in full bloom.