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Carmen Jones

1954 · 105 min

A lush, tragic opera of desire and jealousy, where soaring music meets a slow, inevitable descent into heartbreak and violence.

Tagline
Something Really New! Something Truly Different!
Overview
In this musical set in an all-Black army camp, civilian parachute maker and "hot bundle" Carmen Jones is desired by many of the men. Naturally, she wants Joe, who's engaged to sweet Cindy Lou and about to go into pilot training for the Korean War.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • romanticstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • obsession
  • betrayal
  • fate
  • freedom
Places
  • military
  • big city
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • musical
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour3
Realism6
Romance8
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Otto Preminger
Written by
Harry Kleiner
Starring
Harry Belafonte, Dorothy Dandridge, Pearl Bailey, Olga James, Joe Adams, Brock Peters, Roy Glenn, Nick Stewart
Cinematography
Sam Leavitt
Runtime
105 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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