Synopsis
As a hall fills with performers, a narrator says that flamenco came from Andalucia, a mix of Greek psalms, Mozarabic dirges, Castillian ballads, Jewish laments, Gregorian chants, African rhythms, and Iranian and Romany melodies. 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. Families present numbers, both festive and fierce. The camera and the other performers are the only audience.
Scores
Popularity Percentile (Year)
4.7%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
25.8%
Critic Consensus
100.0% Fresh • 1 critic reviews
Critic reception is largely positive, with 100% of 1 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize character-driven, emotional, visually striking. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.
character-drivenemotionalvisually strikingthought-provokingrealistic
Cast
| Cast | Year | Reported Salary | Inflation Adjusted | Notes |
|---|
| La Paquera de Jerez | 1997 | $6,000 | $12,000 | (est) |
| Merche Esmeralda | 1997 | $4,000 | $7,000 | (est) |
| Manolo Sanlúcar | 1997 | $3,000 | $6,000 | (est) |
| Joaquín Cortés | 1997 | $2,000 | $5,000 | (est) |
| Manuel Moneo | 1997 | $2,000 | $4,000 | (est) |
Aggregated Reviews
Rotten Tomatoes critic scoreN/A
RT critic review count1
Rotten Tomatoes audience score40.0
RT audience rating count25
IMDb rating7.4
IMDb votes795
Box Office ?
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Domestic | 1997 | $480,941 | $940,007 |
| International | 1997 | N/A | N/A |
| Worldwide | 1997 | $480,941 | $940,007 |
Earnings / Profitability
Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Revenues |
| Theatrical Net Revenue | 1997 | $240,470 | $470,004 |
| Digital Rentals ? | 1997 | N/A | N/A |
| Digital Purchases ? | 1997 | N/A | N/A |
| Physical Rentals ? | 1997 | $5,373,000 | $10,501,621 |
| Physical Purchases ? | 1997 | $7,179,000 | $14,031,479 |
| TV & Streaming Revenue | 1997 | $201,995 | $394,803 |
| Total Revenues | 1997 | $12,994,466 | $25,397,906 |
| Expenses |
| Budget ? | 1997 | $281,000 (est) | $549,219 (est) |
| Print & Advertising (P&A) ? | 1997 | $337,000 (est) | $658,672 (est) |
| Participations | 1997 | $520,000 | $1,016,349 |
| Residuals ? | 1997 | $930,000 | $1,817,701 |
| Interest & Overhead | 1997 | $56,200 | $109,844 |
| Total Expenses | 1997 | $2,124,200 | $4,151,785 |
| Movie Net Profit or Loss | 1997 | $10,870,266 | $21,246,121 |
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Tooltips
- Budget Estimated using Machine Learning
- Digital Rentals: PVOD, VOD, & On-Demand
- Marketing & distribution costs to release Movie in Theaters. Includes: Online & Offline Ads, Posters, Trailer Production, and physical or digital copies (formerly "prints") sent to cinemas.
- Net Digital Purchase Revenue
- Net Revenues for Physical Rentals: VHS, DVD, BluRay (when appropriate)
- Physical Purchases: VHS $7,067,000, DVD $112,000, BluRay $0
- Reported or Estimated Net Budget (after tax, product placements, & grants)
- Theatrical box office grosses split into Domestic, International, and Worldwide totals.
- Union-modeled residuals using SAG-AFTRA and WGA schedules as a simplified estimate proxy.
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Budget Tooltip
Reported or Estimated Net Budget (after tax, product placements, & grants)
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