100
San Francisco Chronicle
May be the most magnetic, most beautiful and bravest Carmen ever to grace a stage or film set.
Karmen Gei (Karmen Geï)
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- Senegal,
- France,
- Canada
- 2001
- · 86m
Director
Joseph Gaï Ramaka
Cast
Djeïnaba Diop Gaï,
Magaye Niang,
Stephanie Biddle,
Thierno Ndiaye Doss,
Dieynaba Niang,
El Hadg Ndiaye
Genre
Drama,
Music,
Romance
A modern adaptation of Bizet's Carmen, this film tells the story of Karmen Geï and her romances and adventures across the underworld of Dakar, Senegal. Featuring African music and modern jazz, the film thrillingly updates the original work to touch on love, freedom, sexuality, and modern African urban life.
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What are critics saying?
100
San Francisco Chronicle by Jonathan Curiel
May be the most magnetic, most beautiful and bravest Carmen ever to grace a stage or film set.
80
The A.V. Club
The film offers plenty of powerful impressionism to make up for its lack of a coherent statement.
80
The A.V. Club by Noel Murray
The film offers plenty of powerful impressionism to make up for its lack of a coherent statement.
75
Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt
Directors as different as Otto Preminger and Jean-Luc Godard have taken a crack at "Carmen" and Ramaka's version is a colorful addition to the list.
70
TV Guide Magazine by Maitland McDonagh
Diop Gaï's performance is equally beguiling: She's both bold and mysterious, a femme fatale bursting with life.
60
The New York Times by A.O. Scott
Enormously likable, partly because it is aware of its own grasp of the absurd.
50
Film Threat by Phil Hall
While the screen didn't really need another Carmen, it certainly needs a knockout femme fatale like Diop Gai. Hopefully, Carmen can get a much-needed rest and audiences can get much more of this stunning African icon-in-waiting.
50
New York Post by Megan Lehmann
A worthy addition to the cinematic canon, which, at last count, numbered 52 different versions.
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