Los Tarantos
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Los Tarantos is a 1963 Spanish musical drama film directed by Francisco Rovira Beleta
. It was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Foreign Film category.
The film is based on the play La historia de los Tarantos written by Alfredo Mañas, and inspired by Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
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is thwarted by the enmity between their respective parents. Rafael sees Juana dance at a gipsy wedding, and is captivated by her beauty and charm, and they fall in love, aided by their younger siblings who are secretly friends and sympathetic to the young lovers.
Juana earns the respect of Rafael's formidable mother, Angustias, through her spirit and grace at flamenco, but her father Rosendo, an old beau of Rafael's mother, remains obstinate, despite the pleas of Juana, Rafael and Angustias. Juana's father offers her to his colleague, Curro, to make her forget about her romance with Rafael, but neither Juana nor Rafael can forget their love. Curro becomes arrogant, killing Rafael's friend Mojigondo, and beating Juana when he suspects she has been meeting with Rafael. Desperate, Juana seeks Rafael out in his dovecote and they make love, planning to elope the following day. But Curro, incited by Juana's brother Sancho, finds them together and kills them both. Rafael's brother subsequently hunts Curro down in his stables, and kills him.
Angustias and Rosendo are united in their grief, and Juana's younger brother comforts Rafael's younger sister, showing that the feud will not continue any further.
Francisco Rovira Beleta
Francisco Rovira Beleta was a twice Academy Award nominee Spanish screenwriter and film director. His film Los atracadores was entered into the 12th Berlin International Film Festival. His 1962 film Los Tarantos was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Foreign Film category...
. It was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Foreign Film category.
The film is based on the play La historia de los Tarantos written by Alfredo Mañas, and inspired by Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular archetypal stories of young, teenage lovers.Romeo and Juliet belongs to a...
by William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
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Plot
The love between two gipsies, Juana La Zoronga and Rafael El Taranto, from different families in BarcelonaBarcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
is thwarted by the enmity between their respective parents. Rafael sees Juana dance at a gipsy wedding, and is captivated by her beauty and charm, and they fall in love, aided by their younger siblings who are secretly friends and sympathetic to the young lovers.
Juana earns the respect of Rafael's formidable mother, Angustias, through her spirit and grace at flamenco, but her father Rosendo, an old beau of Rafael's mother, remains obstinate, despite the pleas of Juana, Rafael and Angustias. Juana's father offers her to his colleague, Curro, to make her forget about her romance with Rafael, but neither Juana nor Rafael can forget their love. Curro becomes arrogant, killing Rafael's friend Mojigondo, and beating Juana when he suspects she has been meeting with Rafael. Desperate, Juana seeks Rafael out in his dovecote and they make love, planning to elope the following day. But Curro, incited by Juana's brother Sancho, finds them together and kills them both. Rafael's brother subsequently hunts Curro down in his stables, and kills him.
Angustias and Rosendo are united in their grief, and Juana's younger brother comforts Rafael's younger sister, showing that the feud will not continue any further.
Cast
- Carmen AmayaCarmen AmayaCarmen Amaya was a flamenco dancer and singer, of gypsy origin, born in the Somorrostro slum of Barcelona, Spain, nowadays....
... Angustias - Sara Lezana ... Juana
- Daniel Martín ... Rafael
- Antonio GadesAntonio GadesAntonio Gades was a Spanish flamenco dancer and choreographer . He helped to popularise the art form on the international stage...
... Mojigondo - Antonio Prieto ... Rosendo
- José Manuel Martín ... Curro (as J. Manuel Martín)
- Margarita Lozano ... Isabel
- Juan Manuel Soriano
- Antonia Singla ... Sole (as Antonia 'La Singla')
- Aurelio Galán 'El Estampío' ... Jero (as A. Galán 'El Estampío')
- PeretPeretPere Pubill Calaf , known as Peret, is a Catalan Spanish Romaní singer, guitar player and composer, and the main representative of Catalan Rumba. Peret is known for the song Borriquito, and he represented Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 and performed at the Olympic Games in Barcelona...
... Guitarist - Andrés Batista ... Guitarist
- Emilio de Diego ... Guitarist
- 'Pucherete' ... Guitarist
- Blay ... Guitarist
- El Chocolate ... Cantaor
- 'La Mueque' ... Cantaor
- 'Morita' ... Cantaor (as 'Morità')
- Enrique Cádiz ... Cantaor
- 'El Viti' ... Cantaor
- J. Toledo ... Cantaor
- Antonio Escudero 'El Gato' ... Juan/Bailaor (as A. Escudero 'El Gato')
- D. Bargas ... Bailaor (as D. Bargas 'Lulula')
- Amapola ... Antonia/Bailaora
- 'El Guisa' ... Bailaor
- Antonio Lavilla ... Sancho
- Francisco Batista
- Carlos Villafranca ... Salvador
- Josefina Tapias
See also
- List of submissions to the 36th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Spanish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film