El amor brujo

El amor brujo

Directed by Carlos Saura

Produced by Emiliano Piedra P.C., Emiliano Piedra

1986100 min7.0 / 10

A passionate, melancholic flamenco-driven tale of love, loss, and supernatural longing set in a Gypsy village, where dance becomes the language of desire and grief.

In a Gypsy village, the fathers of Candela and José promise their children to each other. Years later, the unfaithful José marries Candela but while defending his lover Lucía in a brawl, he is stabbed to death. Carmelo, who secretly loves Candela since he was a boy, is arrested while helping José and unfairly sent to prison. Four years later he is released and declares his love for Candela. However, the woman is cursed by a bewitched love and every night she goes to the place where José died to dance with his ghost.

Questions people ask

  • Is El amor brujo sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.

  • Is El amor brujo scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.

  • Does El amor brujo end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is El amor brujo violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is El amor brujo easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

76/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Distinctly its own thing.

Rarity96

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise65

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love70

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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