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Carmen is an upcoming musical drama film directed by Benjamin Millepied based on the musical and novella of the same name.

Carmen
Directed by	Benjamin Millepied
Screenplay by	Alexander Dinelaris Jr. Benjamin Millepied Loïc Barrère [fr]
Based on	Carmen by Frank Wildhorn Jack Murphy Norman Allen Carmen by Georges Bizet Henri Meilhac Ludovic Halévy Carmen by Prosper Mérimée
Produced by	Dimitri Rassam Mimi Valdès
Starring	Melissa Barrera Paul Mescal Rossy de Palma
Cinematography	Jörg Widmer
Music by	Frank Wildhorn Georges Bizet Nicholas Britell
Production companies	Chapter 2 Goalpost Pictures TF1 Studio
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Classics
Countries	France Australia
Languages	English French

Premise

Carmen travels from the deserts of Mexico to Los Angeles in search of freedom.

Cast

• Melissa Barrera as Carmen
• Paul Mescal as Aidan
• Rossy de Palma

Production

In May 2017, Benjamin Millepied was set to make his directorial feature film debut with the film version of Carmen for Chapter 2.[1] Loïc Barrère [fr] and Millepied will write the script. In May 2019, Sony Pictures Classics acquired distribution rights for the film and Nilo Cruz will write the script.[2] On November 11, 2020, Alexander Dinelaris Jr. was revealed to have co-written the script with Millepied and Loïc Barrère.[3]

Cast

In May 2019, it was announced that Melissa Barrera and Jamie Dornan were cast as Carmen and Aidan.[2] In November 2020, Paul Mescal replaced Dornan and Rossy de Palma was cast in the film.[3]

Filming

In November 2020, it was announced that filming will start on January 18, 2021, in Australia with Jörg Widmer as the cinematographer.[3] Filming wrapped in early March 2021.[4]

Music

Nicholas Britell composed the score and co-wrote the new songs with Julieta Venegas and Taura Stinson.[2][3] Lynn Fainchtein producer and music supervisor

References

External links

• Carmen at IMDb

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