Love is impossible between Manolo, a flamenco singer, and Lola, a flamenco dancer. She leaves for America to forget him and he gives himself to alcohol. Still, the love between them is so strong that it unites them across the ocean.
Acting
Real-life couple Flores and Caracol radiate painful authenticity.
Score
Raw flamenco performances that out-act the dialogue.
Director
Carlos Serrano de Osma
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lola Flores and Manolo Caracol were Spain's most famous real-life couple, making their on-screen separation almost unbearably meta.
This rare fusion of cine negro and flamenco captured post-civil-war Spanish melancholy that Hollywood romance couldn't touch.
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