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Carmen

Directed by Benjamin Millepied

2022

Australia, France

117 minutes

Unclassified 15+

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Starring Paul Mescal and Melissa Barrera, this visionary retelling of Carmen is an exhilarating thriller combining dance, politics and music, and features Sydney Dance Company artists.

Carmen (Barrera, In the Heights, Scream) is forced to go on the run from her Mexican desert home when her mother is killed. Crossing the border into the US, she encounters ruthless borderland vigilantes who murder immigrants. Following a violent incident, she escapes with troubled marine Aidan (Mescal, Aftersun). The pair head to Los Angeles to seek refuge with Carmen’s mother’s friend Masilda (Rossy de Palma) at her nightclub – the site of some of the film’s most impressive dance sequences. All the while the police are tracking down the lovers. Shot in New South Wales, and with a surging score by Nicholas Britell (Succession, Moonlight), acclaimed choreographer Benjamin Millepied’s debut feature defies categorisation as it finds contemporary resonance for this classic story.

It’s undeniably exhilarating to watch one of the world’s most accomplished choreographers team up with one of its most virtuosic composers (Nicolas Britell) for the kind of aggressively unclassifiable movie that would never exist if not for these two artists reaching beyond their disciplines to create it themselves.

David Ehrlich, IndieWire

A transcendent cinematic experience whose impact is felt in the dark theatre, in bright outside spaces, and in the days following the sound of its last note.

Robert Daniels, RogerEbert.com

Special Guest

Rosemary Blight

Producer

One of Australia’s most experienced producers, Rosemary Blight is known for making distinctive film and television. Her credits include I Am Woman, The Invisible Man – starring Elisabeth Moss – Top End Wedding, co-written by and starring Miranda Tapsell and directed by Wayne Blair; The Sapphires which premiered at Cannes; the internationally acclaimed drama series Cleverman and Felony, directed by Matthew Saville and starring Joel Edgerton & Tom Wilkinson.