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Paco de Lucía

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Paco de Lucía

Born December 21, 1947 · Algeciras, Cadiz, Spain

Died February 25, 2014 · aged 66

Francisco Sánchez Gómez (21 December 1947 – 25 February 2014), known as Paco de Lucía, was a Spanish virtuoso flamenco guitarist, composer, and record producer. A leading proponent of the new flamenco style, he was one of the first flamenco guitarists to branch into classical and jazz. Richard Chapman and Eric Clapton, authors of Guitar: Music, History, Players, describe de Lucía as a "titanic fig…

Known For

Hannie CaulderHannie Caulder · 1971
Hannie Caulder
★ 6.21971
MovieDramaWestern
After she's raped by the outlaw trio who murdered her husband, a frontierswoman hires a bounty hunter to instruct her in the ways of a gun in order to exact her revenge.
The HitThe Hit · 1984
The Hit
★ 6.51984
MovieDramaThriller
Ten years after ratting on his old mobster friends in exchange for personal immunity, two hit men drive a hardened criminal to Paris for his execution. However, while on the way, whatever can go wrong, does go wrong.
CarmenCarmen · 1983
Carmen
★ 6.71983
MovieDramaRomance
While rehearsing a flamenco ballet adaptation of Bizet's opera “Carmen”, Antonio, the choreographer, falls in love with the main dancer, Carmen, a fiercely independent woman. Antonio is slowly consumed by jealousy and possessiveness towards Carmen, just like Don José in the original opera, blurring the lines between fiction and reality.
FlamencoFlamenco · 1995
Flamenco
★ 6.31995
MovieDocumentaryMusic
The film presents thirteen rhythms of flamenco, each with song, guitar, and dance: the up-tempo bularías, a brooding farruca, an anguished martinete, and a satiric fandango de huelva. There are tangos, a taranta, alegrías, siguiriyas, soleás, a guajira of patrician women, a petenera about a sentence to death, villancicos, and a final rumba.
Camarón: The FilmCamarón: The Film · 2018
Camarón: The Film
★ 7.12018
MovieDocumentary
This documentary looks back on the life of legendary flamenco singer Camarón, who went from humble roots to rock star status to a tragic early death.
Paco de Lucía: La BúsquedaPaco de Lucía: La Búsqueda · 2014
Paco de Lucía: La Búsqueda
★ 6.82014
MovieDocumentary
The documentary is a summary of Paco de Lucía's career, his art, his human category and his life, from his first artistic steps to his last professional steps, which have been marked by flamenco. Numerous testimonies and interviews carried out between 2010 and 2014 are exposed.
SevillesSevilles · 1992
Sevilles
★ 5.41992
MovieMusic
Filmed like a documentary, "Sevillanas" consists of eleven short performances by Spain's most famous flamenco dancers, singers and guitarists. Saura, well-known for his flamenco films ("Blood Wedding," "Carmen"), here provides an in-depth look at the Sevillanas form of flamenco and its dancers.
Manoushe: A Gypsy Love StoryManoushe: A Gypsy Love Story · 1992
Manoushe: A Gypsy Love Story
★ 6.01992
MovieRomanceFantasy
In the darkness of a rural night, a gypsy clan gathers to mourn their beloved patriarch's in a ritual celebrated through music and dance.

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