Christina Hoyos Movies
- 2007
Fugitives director Miguel Hermoso explores the life of celebrated flamenco artist Lola Flores in this biopic that follows the mercurial dancer from her working-class roots in Jerez, Spain through her turbulent relationship with singer Manolo Caracol and eventual rise to nationwide stardom. As a child Fores knew exactly what she wanted from life, and an early encounter with Caracol found her dreams coming true when she was still just a young girl. Over the years Flores and Caracol would struggle to maintain their personal and professional relationships, though after years of flings with other men she would eventually settle down with guitarist Antonio Gonzalez. Though Flores may be gone, her legacy lives on in the form of three talented daughters who went on to establish successful careers in the music industry. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Gala Evora, José Luis García Pérez, (more)
- 1991
Videotaped live at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, England, this production of Bizet's classic opera plays strongly on the Spanish themes and heritage of the story, and it employs a wealth of Spanish talent, including director Nuria Espert, production designer Gerardo Vera, and choreographer Cristina Hoyos. Maria Ewing stars as the beautiful but dangerous temptress Carmen, while Luis Lima portrays Dan Jose, the man she leads astray. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Maria Ewing
- 1989
Rickie (Steven Weber), an American, was born in Spain, but has spent most of his life in the U.S., and he plays a trumpet. For most of his life, he has been haunted by a snippet of film he saw which shows a black woman doing a seductive dance in a Barcelona bar. He has returned to Barcelona for the funeral of his mother, and decides to look up the woman who performed in that long-remembered film (Belinda Becker). He discovers that she is a strangely independent prostitute, and is the focus for the adulation of a group of homeless children who call themselves "the Angels." ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Belinda Becker, Steven Weber, (more)
- 1989
Filmed in Spain, Montoyas Y Tarrantos offers the viewer Shakespeare by way of the Gypsies. Essentially, this is Romeo and Juliet, Romany-style. Cristina Hoyos and Sancho Garcia are the star-cross'd lovers this time out. Before the story's darker elements can set in, the audience is treated to a wealth of flamenco dancing. Thus far, Montoyas Y Tarrantos has not been retitled and redubbed for U.S. consumption. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Christina Hoyos, Juan Paredes, (more)
- 1986
El Amor Brujo is a filmed record of the little-known Spanish ballet by Manuel de Falla. The plot involves two gypsies, male and female, who are united in an arranged marriage. Each loves someone else, a circumstance that results in a fatal knife duel. The climax of the ballet involves the girl's torn loyalties between the ghost of her dead husband and her living lover. Antonio Gades, Cristina Hoyos, Laura del Sol and Juan Antonio Jimenez are the principal dancers in this well-photographed oddity. El Amor Brujo was the third in director Carlos Saura's flamenco trilogy, preceded by his far more successful Blood Wedding (1981) and Carmen (1983). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Antonio Gades
- 1983
Director Carlos Saura's Carmen develops a fictional story revolving around the rehearsals of Georges Bizet's opera about the brash and colorful cigarette factory woman and her dalliance with the soldier Don José, and eventual love for Escamillo, the bullfighter. Saura introduces exciting flamenco dance scenes and a love story between Antonio (Antonio Gades), the choreographer of the opera, and the actress playing Carmen, Laura del Sol. Joan Sutherland and Paco de Lucía also perform segments from Bizet's 1875 opera. The mix of magical choreography, rousing flamenco dances, and operatic insertions as well as the tongue-in-cheek parodies of the French opera and foreign stereotypes of Spaniards keeps most viewers well entertained throughout. Saura's Carmen won an award for "Artistic Contribution" and for "Technical Achievement" at the Cannes Film Festival in 1983, another award for "Technical Achievement" at the 1983 Venice Film Festival, and the "Best Foreign Language Film" award at the 1984 British Academy Awards. It was the second in a trilogy of films choreographed in a similar style by Antonio Gades. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Antonio Gades, Laura del Sol, (more)
- 1981
Federico Garcia Lorca's revenge play Blood Wedding was adapted into a flamenco-ballet by Alfredo Manas. This piece, in turn, was committed to film by director Carlos Saura. Rather than adopt the usual soft-focus, "in performance" approach to his material, Saura aims his camera at a dress rehearsal, where the actors perform upon a bare stage. Choreographer and principal dancer Antonio Gades is interviewed backstage, as are several of his troupe members. Many consider Blood Wedding to be among the best dance films ever made. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Antonio Gades, Christina Hoyos, (more)
