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Los Tarantos
Los Tarantos
Directed by	Francisco Rovira Beleta
Written by	Francisco Rovira Beleta; Alfredo Mañas;
Starring	Antonio Gades; Carmen Amaya
Cinematography	Massimo Dallamano
Edited by	Emilio Rodríguez
Music by	Andrés Batista; Fernando García Morcillo; Emilio Pujol; José Solá
Release dates	November 5 1963 Spain; June 29, 1964 USA NYC
Running time	112 minutes
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

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Los Tarantos is a 1963 Spanish musical drama film directed by Francisco Rovira Beleta. It was nominated for the Academy Award as Best Foreign Film.

The film is based on the play La historia de los Tarantos written by Alfredo Mañas, and inspired by Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.

Plot Summary

The love between two gipsies, Juana La Zoronga and Rafael El Taranto, from different families in Barcelona is thwarted by the enmity between their respective parents. Rafael sees Juana dance at a gipsy wedding, and is captivated by her beauty and charm, and they fall in love, aided by their younger siblings who are secretly friends and sympathetic to the young lovers. Juana earns the respect of Rafael's formidable mother, Angustias, through her spirit and grace at flamenco, but her father Rosendo, an old beau of Rafael's mother, remains obstinate, despite the pleas of Juana, Rafael and Angustias. Juana's father offers her to his collegue, Curro, to make her forget about her romance with Rafael, but neither Juana nor Rafael can forget their love. Curro becomes arrogant, killing Rafael's friend Mojigondo, and beating Juana when he suspects she has been meeting with Rafael. Desperate, Juana seeks Rafael out in his dovecote and they make love, planning to elope the following day. But Curro, incited by Juana's brother Sancho, finds them together and kills them both. Rafael's brother subsequently hunts Curro down in his stables, and kills him. Angustias and Rosendo are united in their grief, and Juana's younger brother comforts Rafael's younger sister, showing that the feud will not continue any further.

Cast

Carmen Amaya ... Angustias
Sara Lezana ... Juana
Daniel Martín ... Rafael
Antonio Gades ... Mojigondo
Antonio Prieto ... Rosendo
José Manuel Martín ... Curro (as J. Manuel Martín)
Margarita Lozano ... Isabel
Juan Manuel Soriano
Antonia Singla ... Sole (as Antonia 'La Singla')
Aurelio Galán 'El Estampío' ... Jero (as A. Galán 'El Estampío')
Peret... Guitarist
Andrés Batista ... Guitarist
Emilio de Diego ... Guitarist
'Pucherete' ... Guitarist
Blay ... Guitarist
El Chocolate ... Cantaor
'La Mueque' ... Cantaor
'Morita' ... Cantaor (as 'Morità')
Enrique Cádiz ... Cantaor
'El Viti' ... Cantaor
J. Toledo ... Cantaor
Antonio Escudero 'El Gato' ... Juan/Bailaor (as A. Escudero 'El Gato')
D. Bargas ... Bailaor (as D. Bargas 'Lulula')
Amapola ... Antonia/Bailaora
'El Guisa' ... Bailaor
Antonio Lavilla ... Sancho
Francisco Batista
Carlos Villafranca ... Salvador
Josefina Tapias

External links

Los Tarantos at IMDb

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 '''''Los Tarantos''''' is a [[1963 in film|1963]] [[Spain|Spanish]] musical drama [[film]] directed by [[Francisco Rovira Beleta]]. It was nominated for the [[Academy Award]] as Best Foreign Film.
-The film is based on the play ''La historia de los Tarantos'' written   by Alfredo Mañas, and inspirated on [[Romeo and Juliet]] by  [[William Shakespeare]].
+The film is based on the play ''La historia de los Tarantos'' written   by Alfredo Mañas, and inspired by [[Romeo and Juliet]] by  [[William Shakespeare]].
 ==Plot Summary==
+The love between two gipsies, Juana La Zoronga and Rafael El Taranto, from different families in [[Barcelona]] is thwarted by the enmity between their respective parents. Rafael sees Juana dance at a gipsy wedding, and is captivated by her beauty and charm, and they fall in love, aided by their younger siblings who are secretly friends and sympathetic to the young lovers.
-The love between two gipsies from different families in [[Barcelona]].
+Juana earns the respect of Rafael's formidable mother, Angustias, through her spirit and grace at flamenco, but her father Rosendo, an old beau of Rafael's mother, remains obstinate, despite the pleas of Juana, Rafael and Angustias. Juana's father offers her to his collegue, Curro, to make her forget about her romance with Rafael, but neither Juana nor Rafael can forget their love. Curro becomes arrogant, killing Rafael's friend Mojigondo, and beating Juana when he suspects she has been meeting with Rafael. Desperate, Juana seeks Rafael out in his dovecote and they make love, planning to elope the following day. But Curro, incited by Juana's brother Sancho, finds them together and kills them both. Rafael's brother subsequently hunts Curro down in his stables, and kills him.
+Angustias and Rosendo are united in their grief, and Juana's younger brother comforts Rafael's younger sister, showing that the feud will not continue any further.
 ==Cast==