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It\u2019s 1840 in Seville, a pulsating town of sailors and small-time crooks. Salvador, a young assistant to the gifted knife grinder Antonio, meets a captivating gypsy girl named Carmen. Her rapturous beauty and independent spirit are the talk of the town, but Antonio\u2019s ability to glimpse the future foretells a tragic fate. With unwavering resolve, Salvador will muster an eclectic band of misfit kids, led by the spirited Bel\u00e9n, to protect Carmen against the unyielding threads of destiny, igniting the ancient city\u2019s alleyways in a symphony of emotions.<\/p>\n
\nDirected by:<\/strong> S\u00e9bastien Laudenbach Carmen occupies a very unique place in the history of opera: it is the most frequently performed opera in the world, even though it was a failure at the time of its premiere. It is also one of the most frequently staged and interpreted stories of femicide in art and literature. The moment I began to take an interest in this project coincided with a very vivid realization on my part that, as a 45-year-old cisgender white man, I occupied a privileged position in a world made by and for men like myself. [\u2026] And this realization, this beginning of a profound change within me, coincided with the issue of femicide, whose ongoing relevance has since constantly reminded us of its unfortunately universal and contemporary nature.<\/p>\n Approaching Carmen through the lens of childhood gave me the opportunity to tell the story in a different light, from a new perspective. It also allowed me to envision a film that, as I hoped, could also speak to a young audience.<\/p>\n Above all, I seek to make films that feel alive, and I believe that in animation, this comes through the unfinished, the sketch that retains a certain spontaneity of line even as the extremely long process of making an animated film tends to freeze things in place. I like to say that, for me, the film is a sketch. That sense of incompleteness, of air in the drawing, is also found in the sets.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text] [vc_row] [vc_column] [vc_column_text] VIVA CARMEN France, Luxembourg, Spain | 2026 | 90′ In French with Slovenian and English subtitles ABOUT THE FILM It\u2019s 1840 in Seville, a pulsating town of sailors and small-time crooks. Salvador, a young assistant to the gifted knife grinder Antonio, meets a captivating gypsy girl named […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/template_page-builder.php","meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animateka.si\/2026\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28811"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animateka.si\/2026\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animateka.si\/2026\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.animateka.si\/2026\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.animateka.si\/2026\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28811"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.animateka.si\/2026\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28812,"href":"https:\/\/www.animateka.si\/2026\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28811\/revisions\/28812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animateka.si\/2026\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWritten by:<\/strong> Santiago Otheguy, S\u00e9bastien Laudenbach
\nBased on an original idea by:<\/strong> Pierre-Henri L\u00e9on, S\u00e9bastien Laudenbach (based on the opera by Georges Bizet)
\nMusic:<\/strong> Amine Bouhafa, Isabelle Laudenbach
\nEditing:<\/strong> Catherine Aladenise
\nSound Design:<\/strong> Carolina Santana
\nArt Director:<\/strong> Cyril Pedrosa
\nProducers:<\/strong> Damien Brunner, Sarah Delmas, Pierre-Henri L\u00e9on, Pablo Jord\u00ed
\nProduction:<\/strong> Folivari, La Garde Montante, France 3 Cin\u00e9ma, Auvergne-Rh\u00f4ne-Alpes Cin\u00e9ma, Pikkukala
\nCast:<\/strong> Cam\u00e9lia Jordana, Milo Machado-Graner, Soumaye Bocoum, Carl Malapa, Ga\u00ebtan Dupont, \u00c9van Paturel, Paul Minthe, Olga Milshtein, Nad\u00e8ge Beausson Diagne, Maxime Bailleul, F\u00e9lix Kysyl, Benjamin Cannone, Ga\u00ebtan Peau, Suzanne Levy-Aris\n<\/p>\nDIRECTOR’S STATEMENT<\/h2>\n
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