Car Men

Car Men

28 mins | Comedy, Music | Nov. 26, 2006

Car Men is a collaboration between the renowned choreographer Jíri Kylían and filmmaker Boris Paval Conen. Based on the opera 'CARMEN' by Georges Bizet they shot a hilarious and poetic short film in the destroyed landscape of a Czech brown coal mine. The actors in this film are older dancers from Kylían's troupe (around 50 years old) and the main prop is a 'TATRA 87', a famous car from 1937.

Car Men

28 mins | Comedy, Music | Nov. 26, 2006

Car Men
Car Men is a collaboration between the renowned choreographer Jíri Kylían and filmmaker Boris Paval Conen. Based on the opera 'CARMEN' by Georges Bizet they shot a hilarious and poetic short film in the destroyed landscape of a Czech brown coal mine. The actors in this film are older dancers from Kylían's troupe (around 50 years old) and the main prop is a 'TATRA 87', a famous car from 1937.
Producers Nederlandse Programma Stichting (NPS)
Original title Car Men
Directors Boris Paval Conen
Writers Boris Paval Conen

Cast

Sabine Kupferberg

as Carmen

Gioconda Barbuto

as Micaela

Karel Hruška

as Don Jose

David Krugel

as Escamillo