Los Tarantos

Infobox Film
name = Los Tarantos


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director = Francisco Rovira Beleta
writer = Francisco Rovira Beleta
Alfredo Mañas
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starring = Antonio Gades
Carmen Amaya
music = Andrés Batista
Fernando García Morcillo
Emilio Pujol
José Solá
cinematography = Massimo Dallamano
editing = Emilio Rodríguez
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released = November 5 1963 Spain
June 29, 1964 USA NYC
runtime = 112 minutes
country = ESP
language = Spanish
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imdb_id = 0056555

"Los Tarantos" is a 1963 Spanish musical drama film directed by Francisco Rovira Beleta. It was nominated for the Academy Award as Best Foreign Film.

The film is based on the play "La historia de los Tarantos" written by Alfredo Mañas, and inspired by Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.

Plot Summary

The love between two gipsies, Juana La Zoronga and Rafael El Taranto, from different families in Barcelona is thwarted by the enmity between their respective parents. Rafael sees Juana dance at a gipsy wedding, and is captivated by her beauty and charm, and they fall in love, aided by their younger siblings who are secretly friends and sympathetic to the young lovers. Juana earns the respect of Rafael's formidable mother, Angustias, through her spirit and grace at flamenco, but her father Rosendo, an old beau of Rafael's mother, remains obstinate, despite the pleas of Juana, Rafael and Angustias. Juana's father offers her to his colleague, Curro, to make her forget about her romance with Rafael, but neither Juana nor Rafael can forget their love. Curro becomes arrogant, killing Rafael's friend Mojigondo, and beating Juana when he suspects she has been meeting with Rafael. Desperate, Juana seeks Rafael out in his dovecote and they make love, planning to elope the following day. But Curro, incited by Juana's brother Sancho, finds them together and kills them both. Rafael's brother subsequently hunts Curro down in his stables, and kills him. Angustias and Rosendo are united in their grief, and Juana's younger brother comforts Rafael's younger sister, showing that the feud will not continue any further.

Cast

*Carmen Amaya ... Angustias
*Sara Lezana ... Juana
*Daniel Martín ... Rafael
*Antonio Gades ... Mojigondo
*Antonio Prieto ... Rosendo
*José Manuel Martín ... Curro (as J. Manuel Martín)
*Margarita Lozano ... Isabel
*Juan Manuel Soriano
*Antonia Singla ... Sole (as Antonia 'La Singla')
*Aurelio Galán 'El Estampío' ... Jero (as A. Galán 'El Estampío')
*Peret... Guitarist
*Andrés Batista ... Guitarist
*Emilio de Diego ... Guitarist
*'Pucherete' ... Guitarist
*Blay ... Guitarist
*El Chocolate ... Cantaor
*'La Mueque' ... Cantaor
*'Morita' ... Cantaor (as 'Morità')
*Enrique Cádiz ... Cantaor
*'El Viti' ... Cantaor
*J. Toledo ... Cantaor
*Antonio Escudero 'El Gato' ... Juan/Bailaor (as A. Escudero 'El Gato')
*D. Bargas ... Bailaor (as D. Bargas 'Lulula')
*Amapola ... Antonia/Bailaora
*'El Guisa' ... Bailaor
*Antonio Lavilla ... Sancho
*Francisco Batista
*Carlos Villafranca ... Salvador
*Josefina Tapias

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