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La Chana

This personal portrait depicts La Chana's career in the 1960s and 1970s, when the Spaniard was the undisputed Queen of flamenco.

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You keep seeing her steady gaze at the audience as she‘s out of breath, with sweat running down her face: La Chana dances like her life depends on it. Her passion for flamenco is palpable in her wild performances. The numerous TV footage which Lucija Stojevic compiled for her documentary leave no doubt in your mind. The portrait follows La Chana‘s career in the 1960s and 1970s chronologically, when the Spaniard became the undisputed Queen of Flamenco. Newspaper articles pop up and creatively arranged collages and photographs illustrate La Chana‘s career. The 70 year old talks about her difficult first marriage in the talking heads segment. As a Roma daughter she had to follow what the husband said, woman didn‘t have much to say in Gitanos Spanish culture. La Chanas husband beat her and regulated her career. When Peter Sellers wanted to fly the dancer to Hollywood for a shoot, her husband prevented it from happening, and when his wife was at her career high point in her early 30s, he forced her to stop. Many years later, La Chana is newly married and happy, and the flamenco icon is invited to make a small comeback in a theatre. Three decades after quitting, La Chana is on the wooden floor once again and performing for the last time. She is sitting down, but extremely expressive. Lucija Stojevic leaves out the historical context of her impressive dancing career for the most part. She is completely focused on the charismatic presence of her protagonist.

Christian Horn

Translation: Elinor Lewy

Credits

Original title: La Chana
USA/Island/Spanien 2016, 85 min
Genre: Documentary, Dance Film
Director: Lucija Stojevic
DOP: Samuel Navarrete
Montage: Domi Parra
Music: Ernesto Briceño
Distributor: Temperclayfilm
FSK: oA
Release: 28.09.2017

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Screenings

  • OV Original version
  • OmU Original with German subtitles
  • OmeU Original with English subtitles

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