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06/24/06
Karmen Gei (2002)
79 %
Reviews Counted: 14 Fresh: 11 Rotten:3 Average Rating: 6.9/10
Runtime: 84 mins
Synopsis: Senegalese director Joseph Gai Ramaka re-imagines Georges Bizet's oft-filmed opera CARMEN--from Preminger's CARMEN JONES to MTV's CARMEN: A HIP-HOPERA--in a joyously sensual, colorful musical set in modern-day Dakar. Karmen Gei (Ramaka's wife, Djeinaba Diop Gai), a stately beauty in... [More]
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Starring: Djeinaba Diop Gai, Stephanie Biddle, Magaye Niang, Thierno Ndiaye Dos, El Hadji Ndiaye
Director: Joseph Gai Ramaka
Screenwriter: Joseph Gai Ramaka
Producer: Richard Sadler
Composer: David Murray
Screenwriter: Joseph Gai Ramaka
Producer: Richard Sadler
Composer: David Murray
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03/03/05
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05/13/03
Wobbly Senegalese updating of "Carmen" which is best for the stunning star turn by Djeinaba Diop Gai
12/08/02
Karmen moves like rhythm itself, her lips chanting to the beat, her long, braided hair doing little to wipe away the jeweled beads of sweat.
08/02/02
The film becomes an overwhelming pleasure, and you find yourself rooting for Gai's character to avoid the fate that has befallen every other Carmen before her.
08/02/02
[Gai] comes closer to any actress I can remember to personifying independence in its purest and, yes, most intimidating form.
08/01/02
Ultimately betrayed by a script, whose initially ambiguous charm gives way to disorder and confusion.
07/12/02
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06/01/02
Beautifully reclaiming the story of Carmen and recreating it an in an African idiom.
05/24/02
It's sexy, muscular and fast in a way that transcends logic to become something wondrous.
05/16/02
A violent initiation rite for the audience, as much as it is for Angelique, the [opening] dance guarantees Karmen's enthronement among the cinema's memorable women.
04/30/02
Top Critic
The production design, score and choreography are simply intoxicating.
04/10/02
A worthy addition to the cinematic canon, which, at last count, numbered 52 different versions.
04/10/02
Enormously likable, partly because it is aware of its own grasp of the absurd.
04/10/02
Top Critic
Lead actress Gaļ, she of the impossibly long limbs and sweetly conspiratorial smile, is a towering siren.
04/02/02
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