Karmen Gei

Name: Karmen Gei
Genre: Drama, Romance, Musical
Released: April 10, 2002
Duration: 86 min
Rating: 67

2002

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California Newsreel | Release Date: April 10, 2002

Summary: This gorgeous, sexy, exotically conceived reinterpretation of Georges Bizet's classic opera is set in modern-day Dakar, on the coast of West Africa. (Film Forum)

Director: Joseph Gaï Ramaka

Genre(s): Drama, Romance, Musical

Runtime: 86 min

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Jonathan Curiel

May be the most magnetic, most beautiful and bravest Carmen ever to grace a stage or film set. Read full review

Noel Murray

The film offers plenty of powerful impressionism to make up for its lack of a coherent statement. Read full review

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. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Maitland McDonagh

Diop Gaï's performance is equally beguiling: She's both bold and mysterious, a femme fatale bursting with life. Read full review

A.O. Scott

Enormously likable, partly because it is aware of its own grasp of the absurd. Read full review

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. Read full review

Megan Lehmann

A worthy addition to the cinematic canon, which, at last count, numbered 52 different versions. Read full review

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