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Cante jondo: Granada, 1922

2022 · 78 min

A quiet, cultured documentary that drifts between animation and archival reverie, like listening to old songs remembered from childhood.

Directed by: José Sánchez-Montes, Manuel Siclia
Genres: Documentary, Animation, History

Overview: Granada, Spain, 1922. The composer Manuel de Falla, who dreams every night of the ancestral songs sung to him by his nanny, fears that flamenco art will disappear, so with the help of his friend Miguel Cerón Rubio and the poet Federico García Lorca, he organizes a contest to revitalize and promote it.

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Directed by: José Sánchez-Montes, Manuel Siclia
Genres: Documentary, Animation, History

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: music
memory
art
identity
friendship
Places: small town
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
animated
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none

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Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	2
Tension	2
Darkness	3
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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