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- An astutely written and directed meta comedy about the nature of filmmaking, this Greek film playfully pokes fun at both itself and low-budget queer movies.
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The Summer with Carmen (Greek: Καλοκαίρι της Κάρμεν, romanized: Kalokairi tis Karmen) is a 2023 Greek comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Zacharías Mavroidís. It premiered at the 80th edition of the Venice Film Festival.
Carmen, as the most vivid representative of the feminine gender, confirms this literary wisdom expressed many centuries ago: an inveterate swindler and harlot who incites her lovers and husbands to commit crimes, she behaves nobly in love and sticks to her views even on pain of death.
It explores themes such as Passion as an Overwhelming Force, Exoticism and Racial Prejudice, and Power Imbalances in Relationships and Society. Mérimée was a pioneer of the new “nouvelle” or novella form of short story, and a prominent figure of the French Romantic movement.
Themes. Passion as an Overwhelming Force. Content Warning: This section of the guide describes and discusses the novella’s racist and inaccurate portrayal of Romani people and culture, which includes racist slurs.
Carmen (French: [kaʁmɛn] ⓘ) is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée.
The novella Carmen is a mixture of travelogue, adventure story and romance. The narrator – an alter ego of Prosper Mérimée – creates the background story of a research expedition to Andalusia, giving the tale a realistic aura.
