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The Lovers of Teruel

55% | Jun 08, 1962
Drama Music

This puzzling experimental film is written and directed by Raymond Rouleau, who uses effects like changing color tones and masks to put across a drama within a dance drama. The set is a sound stage and the actors in this film are dancers on the stage, performing a mime-ballet derived from one particular legend. Both the enacted legend and the actual events affecting the dancers are parallel. The lead dancer Isa (Ludmila Tcherina) is still nursing her wounds after her first love left her to stand alone at the altar. Now one of the dancers wants to expand his relationship with Isa -- and soon after, the cad who jilted her suddenly shows up again. Tragedy follows closely behind.

Featured Crew

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Raymond Rouleau
Director
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Raymond Rouleau
Screenplay
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René-Louis Lafforgue
Dialogue
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Jacques Dupont
Set Decoration
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Claude Renoir
Director of Photography
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Henri Sauguet
Original Music Composer
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Míkis Theodorakis
Original Music Composer
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René-Louis Lafforgue
Original Music Composer

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