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U-Carmen

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I loved this movie and the acting, my only problem is tha Amazon tells us the movie is in English and it's not. Stop fooling the customers. If fact Amazon needs to change all the other foreign films thay say are in English and are not. Customer beware.

If you like the music from the opera Carmen you will love seeing it sung in a contemporary setting! I rarely buy movie DVD's but this one is wonderful!

This movie was well done!! The cast was very talented and the story which had a contemporary theme made it enjoyable to view. I wish there were more movies as this. U-Carmen may well establish a precedent for more movies like it. Good work!!

I saw this when it was released at IFF and it was fantastic- I've been waiting for it to come out on DVD- it's subtitled in English- but it's so good - that just like live Opera - you forget about that after a few minutes- it's a well done production- nothing amature about it - Paula has an amazing voice

I took a real chance on buying this dvd, but my gambling had a great payoff. This is a much better retelling of the opera Carmen than the more famous Carmen Jones. It combines the classic Bizet story and music with South African locale and customs. Carmen herself is quite a big woman, but she exudes sexual appeal and charm. It is one of the best opera dvds around and for such a bargain price!! I plan to order multiple copies in the future to give out as gifts. Delightful in every respect!

If you like the opera "Carmen" you have to like this version of it. It's ingenius . . . sensitive . . . captivating . . . and inspiring.

Drug smuggler Carmen cannot choose between her beaus-policemen and pays with her life for such a deed at a landscape of post-apartheid South Africa, under tunes of immortal "Carmen" by Georges Bizet.

It is a funny educative entertaining movie of modern independent post-"England-developed" Africa.