https://rarefilm.torrentbay.st/2018/12/el-amor-brujo-1967/ The Cave of Forgotten Films Tue, 17 Feb 2026 20:58:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://rarefilm.torrentbay.st/2018/12/el-amor-brujo-1967/#comment-4674 Sun, 03 Feb 2019 00:55:57 +0000 https://rarefilm.torrentbay.st/?p=6579#comment-4674 ]]> SPOILERS HERE: Otherwise known as Bewitched Love, this is the Oscar-nominated version of a much adapted (often flamenco danced) folk tale of young Candela, torn between passionate Antonio and wicked Diego, who’s supposedly dead. Kind of meanders for its first hour: We don’t get any backstory on Candela or Diego (his supposed murder takes place just before the credits); mostly, she lurches around haunted by what she thinks is Diego’s ghost. Once Diego reappears (I can’t say I ever figured out why he made everyone think that was his corpse on the beach, or why he chose this particular moment to come forward) the action heats up. OK, I get it, it’s “elemental,” so we’re supposed to be above caring about character details. But that will fly in a flamenco ballet; it’s rather unsatisfying in a (mostly) realistic film. Glad I saw it, though—this is truly a rare filmm. 😊

]]> https://rarefilm.torrentbay.st/2018/12/el-amor-brujo-1967/#comment-3445 Wed, 12 Dec 2018 15:01:22 +0000 https://rarefilm.torrentbay.st/?p=6579#comment-3445 You are AMAZING!

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