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[ women speaking spanish ]

i la casa!

♪ Flores bonitas para su mama ♪

naranja dulce. Naranja dulce.

Dismount!

Your name?

Jose lizarabengoa el navarres, reporting for duty, sir.

The colonel will see you. Follow me.

Thank you, sir.

Jose lizarabengoa el navarres, reporting for duty, sir.

It's my duty and pleasure, don jose,

to welcome you to our regiment.

Thank you, sir. no doubt you've heard that life is pleasant in this regiment,

that it's a fashionable catchall for young men of good family...

with no talents to speak of,

that we're called "the gay policemen"...

because we do little more than stand guard here and there a few hours a day...

and keep the peace, such as it is, in seville.

The rest of the time, you may have heard... oh, no, sir.

The rest of the time is spent in the consumption of great quantities of wine...

and gambling and making love to the girls from the cigarette factory.

There are approximately 200 of these girls, and the factory is next door to the barracks...

a great convenience and a blessing for the dragoons.

Yes, sir.

You may have heard these things, and they are true.

Let me inform you, however, that a young man willing to work...

and to maintain a degree of integrity, sobriety and honor...

has a bright future in this regiment.

We need a few like you here.

Your record is good.

You navarresians are hardworking, moral, proud.

We need a few like you here. I hope you're ambitious.

Yes, sir. I've heard that in seville...

a promotion in the dragoons is a step toward a government position.

A good thing to keep in mind.

Have you ever been in seville before? no, sir.

You are relieved of duties for 48 hours.

Look about the town and familiarize yourself with it.

The people here in andalusia are a different breed from your northerners.

Look them over. Thank you, sir.

Dismissed.

There's nothing so good to the taste as a thing that's been warmed by the spanish sun.

- Huh? - ♪♪ [ watch chiming ]

well, not only is he beautiful, but music comes out of him.

It's just a watch. It chimes.

Ah, too bad. i thought for a minute you had wonderful possibilities.

It's just a watch. See?

Too bad. but maybe we can be friends anyway.

Would you like a bite of my orange, little soldier? thank you.

On the second thought, perhaps it would not be proper.

After all, we haven't been introduced.

I'm jose lizarabengoa, just arrived in seville, senorita.

Senorita? me?

[ laughs ] you have just arrived in seville.

Where did you come from? from navarra.

Aha, a navarres!

I've heard that the men from navarra...

wear little blue berets, tell big black lies...

and don't know how to love a woman.

[ chuckles ]

i've always wanted to find out for myself whether this was just gossip...

or...

♪♪ [ violin ]

[ speaking spanish ]

hmm. look at them. The bride.

They paid out their last peseta to get rid of her, but it was worth it.

♪♪

The bride. she'll hate him, but she'll cling to him like a leach.

There's a payo wife for you. And the fine groom.

In a week he'll be beating her. There's a payo marriage for you.

Shut up, you! you talk that way because nobody'd marry a gypsy like you.

No? i could marry any man in seville i wanted to.

But i'd rather be dead than be the stale wife of a spiritless payo.

Bah! Bah!

[ laughing ]

ah, manuelito. remember me, little pig of a payo?

I told you she'd catch you, huh?

Little estupido. [ laughing ]

[ shouting in spanish ]

[ woman ] my oranges! thief!

My oranges! You stole my oranges!

Those are my oranges!

The thief! He stole my oranges!

Stop him! thief!

My oranges! The thief stole my oranges!

Catch him!

[ bell tolling ]

[ laughing, chattering ]

i hope you find who you're looking for, jose.

I'm not looking for anyone. [... i don't know what you mean.

I've noticed you for two days now.

You search among these girls as though you're looking for a long lost relative.

Did the gypsies carry off your baby sister many, many years ago?

Why did you use that word?

What word? "gypsy." i thought you said gypsy.

I did.

I suppose there's quite a few of them in the town.

Gypsies? Mm-hmm.

I suppose so. there are quite a few everywhere.

Why? No reason.

Do any gypsy girls work in that factory?

One. just one.

But she comes and goes. One never know...

what time is it?

I, uh... i lost my watch a couple of days ago.

That's too bad. I was just...

carmencita!

Carmencita.

Carmen.

Carmen, i've been looking for two days for you.

For two days, carmencita. i inquired at the factory, and you were absent.

You weren't in lillas pastias. What have you been doing?

Sunning myself.

I'm going on duty now, but if you meet me later, we can have a bottle of wine.

No.

Oh, forgive me. this is my new friend, don jose. this is carmen.

It's no use bothering with him, carmen.

Don jose has better things to think about than a pretty woman.

Better things?

What are better things?

Must you roll your eyes at every man, even the colonel?

Such an important man might be very useful if he...

my eyes are my own to send where i please. must i tell you again?

No one tells carmen's eyes where to go or how to behave but carmen.

8:00 at lillas pastias.

I'll be there, carmencita.

♪♪ [ watch chiming ]

i was thinking... otherwise, you wouldn't know when 8:00 arrived.

[ laughs ]

is that the watch you told me you lost?

She must have found it somewhere.

How did she know it was yours? Had you seen her before?

Well, a couple of days ago, she brushed against me...

oh, then she stole it from you. gypsies will steal anything they can get their hands on.

I don't know why i bother with that girl.

She's bad all the way through.

She lies as easily as other people drink water.

She's a liar, a thief and a cheat.

Has no more manners than my great aunt's cat. she's really awful.

And i'd sell my soul to hear her say just once she loves me.

Dirty gypsy trash! she's a disgrace to the town.

She laughed at my wedding and made dirty remarks at my manuelito.

[ screaming ]

- did you see what she did? - See what she's done to the milk!

I spit in your milk... and the milk of your old turtle of a mother...

and at the poor excuse of a woman who married manuelito!

Who did he marry, huh? Me! not you!

Gypsy garbage! Nobody would!

[ screaming, shouting ]

[ screaming, shouting continues ]

out of the way! What's going on here?

I am dying! she killed me! bring a priest!

I beg you, bring a priest! i am dying!

What happened? Quiet! [ all shouting ]

it was the gypsy! she done it! i seen her do it!

- Call the guard. - Look!!

Look at my face! she cut me! i didn't say a word, and she cut me!

Oh! [ screams ]

[ groaning ] ohhh, i am dead!

I am dying! get her to the doctor.

May all your children be squint-eyed females!

May they all grow up to swing from the gallows! [ crowd gasping ]

now then, what started all this?

[ all shouting ] quiet!

They called each other names until i thought my ears would drop off,

and then that one took a knife from her stocking and zip-zop.

Don't believe a word! all these filthy people are against me!

Guards! hold her. take the gypsy to the magistrate.

She almost cut that woman's head off. i hold you responsible.

Yes, sir.

I'm ready to go now, soldier. Please take me away from here.

[ crowd murmuring ]

where are you taking me, senor el navarres?

To the magi... magistrate.

To the magistrate? he'll send me to prison. i can't go to prison.

A gypsy dies in prison, and i have no money for a bribe.

In this city, you rot in prison without money for a bribe.

Believe me, i know. i have a friend who's in prison right this very minute.

That's why i'm in seville working my fingers to the bone to get enough money for a bribe.

I'm not afraid of hard work. I'm a good, honest working girl.

But who would take care of me if i ever fell into prison?

Nobody cares about me. I'm all alone in the world.

All alone.

[ screams ] he pinched me!

I was walking along so obediently, and he pinched me in a vulgar way!

She lies! i didn't touch her! fall back.

You walk with the other.

[ screams ] now this one!

Is there no protection against the advances of these filthy conscripts?

I did not...

look, little soldier, what a good street this is.

I could give you a little shove and you could fall down and i could get away.

I'd be gone before those stupid andalusians ever knew what happened.

Oh, nobody would know. You could tell them i escaped.

I'd be very grateful to you. i'm very charming when i'm grateful.

Remember? 8:00 tonight at lillas pastias?

How can we be there together if i'm in a dirty prison cell?

It would be so easy. you should see me run. i have very good legs.

See what good legs i have, little soldier, for running.

Wait a minute. Come back here.

Help me up.

[ muttering ]

i think i've injured my ankle.

He made no attempt to pursue the prisoner...

and pretended injuries to prevent his men from following her.

I warn you that you've sacrificed months of good behavior.

You had a bright future in the dragoons, don jose.

I advise you to avoid this gypsy.

I grant you the girl is interesting.

But for a young man who takes his future seriously, a girl like that spells ruin.

For an older man who has nothing to lose...

and has time for a little foolish indulgence,

it's another matter, perhaps.

Remember what i told you.

You will take extra guard duty and be confined to your barracks for 30 days.

Dismissed!

Yes, sir.

♪♪ [ singing in spanish ]

what's the password, sentry ? carmen is the password.

Just mention her name, and the way is cleared like a miracle.

[ laughter ]

♪♪ [ singing continues ]

♪♪ [ waltz ]

take pity. Take pity.

Bless you.

What's she...

what are those gypsies doing here?

They've come to entertain. the colonel sent his own carriage after them.

When he gives a party, he does things handsomely, i'll say that for him.

♪♪

♪♪ [ singing in spanish ]

that girl... the one who's dancing.

How can she be so bold as to come to the colonel's party?

She's in hiding from the police. that's carmen.

And the colonel is a man just like any other man, i suppose.

But it won't last. she never likes anybody very long.

♪♪ [ singing continues ]

♪♪ [ castanets ]

♪♪ [ castanets ]

what are you doing here? ♪♪ [ castanets ]

have you been free to come and go and make eyes at every man you see...

while i've had to walk sentry duty like a common soldier because of you?

♪♪ [ castanets ] tell me how that could be, or as heaven is my witness...

tell me how that could be!

Well, now, this is the first time i've heard you really talk.

Anger is very becoming to you.

You make me think of a fighting bull. booo!

Answer me. it's very simple in this case.

The good, kind colonel has pardoned me... because i'm innocent.

"innocent."

isn't that why you let me run away? because i was innocent?

But what could i do? i waited for you every night.

If you prefer to walk alone in the rain, is that my fault?

But why was i walking? because i was punished for letting you escape!

All that for me. Just imagine.

I owe you a great deal, it seems.

How much longer must you stand here?

Of what importance is that to you?

♪♪ [ castanets ] just one more hour and i can leave here.

I'm confined to the barracks, but i'll get away, i swear it.

Come to think of it, i'm beginning to be bored with this party.

I think i shall run away from it...

and go to lillas pastias in about an hour...

that same hour you were speaking of, little cousin.

♪♪ [ castanets ]

notice how the fat's spitting tonight?

Something's going to happen.

You really believe in those things, don't you, old witch?

I know them.

What does spitting fat signify, hmm?

That emotions will grow overheated till they explode.

You wait. You'll see.

Then it's nothing to worry me, since i have no emotions.

It's nothing to worry pablo, because pablo is worried about nothing but money.

It's nothing to worry remondado,

because remondado is a fatalist anyway.

So you see, old crone, the three of us are safe from danger.

So who would you say the fat is spitting at tonight?

Hola.

Well, the buzzards have gathered already.

[ pablo ] didn't you expect us? yes, but not tonight.

We couldn't wait any longer. it was a case of fish catches man.

We could smell it frying clear up in the mountains.

That reminds me... if that old trout the colonel comes here, tell him i've gone.

Gone to portugal or somewhere. I told him not to come tonight.

And to keep him away, i promised him faithfully i'd go back to his house.

But i don't trust him. Men are such liars.

What about andres? Who?

Andres. you knew his name yesterday.

Tell him i've gone to gibraltar.

Carmen, was the colonel's party successful?

No, it was very stupid. Was it successful?

We need another 200 duros to get garcia out of jail.

Let him stay where he is.

Is that a way for a loving wife to feel about her husband?

Let him rot. No money for garcia?

We'll tell him.

There, thief, and be welcome to it.

Is this all?

I left the party early.

There's much love in your cards, carmen.

Much, much love.

And money.

A fine new dress of silk.

I can feel the silk. It's the best quality.

Good.

Perhaps garcia will be rescued from jail...

after all, and prosper.

Perhaps. Perhaps they'll hang him.

Do you happen to see a nice hanging there?

No. no hanging.

Tsk, tsk, tsk. Too bad.

But...

- now, that's odd. - What is?

One love.

One love emerges from all the rest...

and makes the others nothing.

[ laughs ] you're talking nonsense, old witch.

There's no such thing as one love to carmen.

One at a time. One at a time.

Nothing can stop this.

It's destined. It's written here.

You're doing it yourself.

You're pulling it to you with dark, invisible threads...

that are strong, carmen,

as strong as life itself.

As strong as death.

What is it?

What do you see there that makes you look like that?

That isn't my fortune.

The fat's in the fire, all right, just as i said.

That isn't my fortune, i tell you.

I didn't cut the cards.

Anyway, i don't believe in cards. i never have.

As if you could see in those stupid cards that death was walking my way.

We all have to die,

and i can't think of a nicer way than to be killed by love.

♪♪

[ music stops ]

♪♪ [ castanets ]

> [ guitar ]

where are you going, little soldier?

Because wherever it is, i'm going with you. [ laughs ]

[ applause, cheering ] ♪♪ [ ends ]

[ laughing, sighs ]

get busy, you two. we want some yemas, nougats and a bottle of wine.

Bottle of wine. Some bread, some cheese...

and some fruits, candy... and sausages.

We're on our way to a feast. do you want us to starve to death?

♪♪ [ tap dancing ]

pay the old pirates, little soldier.

So much here. she's always hungry, that girl.

Someday she'll eat the wrong thing.

Then she'll howl about the pain...

as |if she'd never been warned at all.

Because they've lost their own appetites,

they hate to see anybody else enjoy eating.

Come along.

This is where i live. watch out, there are five steps here.

One, two, three, four, five.

Does it please you?

This is where i live when i'm in seville.

Where do you live when you're not in seville?

I've heard... then you've heard lies...

because what you've heard about me, you've heard from payos,

and payos always lie about gypsies.

Always.

Is it really true what i've heard about the men of navarra?

What? Is it really true...

that they wear blue berets and tell big black lies?

Oh, never, never. and don't know how to love a woman?

That's true. teach me. i'm from navarra, and i don't know a thing.

There's a big black lie.

[ gasps ]

the gypsies say that a lover should have gentle hands,

a gentle mouth and a gentle heart.

And a woman the same?

No. she should have cruel hands,

a cruel mouth and no heart at all.

Oh! oh, no! My beads!

Oh, no!

The cards! you don't know about the cards.

And this morning i saw a black cat.

And now the beads! breaking beads are the worst, the very worst!

Those things don't mean anything. that's just superstition.

Go away. go home. say good-bye and think no more of carmen.

What is the matter with you?

You're a nice boy, but i don't love you.

I don't love anybody. i never in my life loved anybody.

And you're just the sort of big stupid who falls in love in return for a kiss...

and then makes a nuisance of himself.

You can go out this back way.

Get out.

Have you lost your hearing? I said go home!

But why?

Because...

because i'm afraid that...

that someday you will be very cruel.

Carmen.

Go away.

You can't make me go away. Not now, carmen.

I can make you do as i please. no.

Yes! any time i like. I won't have you here.

You're the one. i can sense it. a gypsy knows things.

I never want to look on your ugly face again. stay away from me!

> [ guitar ]

joseito, wait.

Joseito.

♪♪ [ singing in spanish ]

i think i must be crazy.

I don't know how to say it.

I don't know how to tell you, but...

love has been told a thousand ways.

So let it be.

♪♪ [ continues ]

you'll come with me to the mountains where we'll...

[ sword rattling ]

get out.

I order you to leave. Report to me in the morning.

I order you to leave! Carmen is not here.

Now, get out!/

you'll be court-martialed in the morning, of course.

Meantime, i think you need to be taught a little lesson.

A little lesson for a little corporal.

A little lesson for a white-livered conscript.

[ body falls ]

♪♪ [ carmen singing ]

♪♪ [ humming ]

the others should be riding in any time.

I wish they wouldn't come. I wish they'd never come.

We couldn't get along without them.

We haven't got a peseta between us.

A man as hunted as you are needs friends, good moneymaking friends.

I don't know what's happened to me.

Here i am, a deserter from the army,

the murderer of my own colonel.

I can't imagine how it happened.

One minute i thought he was going to kill me, and the next minute...

my sword.

Don't think about it. You are here, and i am here.

That's enough. Think about it that way.

Just carmen and jose.

All to myself.

All to yourself.

Where have you been? We've been waiting for you.

This is don jose, a strong, healthy addition to our company.

You'll find him very valuable.

This is remondado. he's stupid, but a good enough fellow.

This is pablo. He's very good at fighting.

But don't ever turn your back on him.

I can well imagine you're starving. i have everything ready.

The soldier here has just escaped with his ears.

All of seville is after him. he killed his colonel in a sword fight.

Ran him through as neatly as a pig on a spit.

So i decided he could join us.

I like him.

What will garcia say?

We need new men. garcia's practical in his thinking.

Who is garcia? garcia? why...

he's our leader. He's been in jail.

He killed a border policeman. That's eight notches on his belt now.

Eight?

Eight or one... what's the difference in principle?

Dancaire's in seville now arranging for garcia's release with a nice, fat bribe.

It isn't a bad life.

We travel. there's a certain excitement about it.

And when we're lucky, there's money.

A little smuggling now and then,

an occasional stagecoach full of rich passengers,

a mule train carrying merchandise.

Sit down, joseito.

Here beside me, where you belong.

I'm still wondering what garcia will say.

You might like to know that we cleared out the old merchant's storehouse...

without a cracked skull between us. good.

[ pablo ] it was full of tobacco and cotton goods, like you said.

The thieves' market in cordova will be glad to see us.

[ remondado ] we couldn't have done it without carmen.

She charmed the watchman away from his post...

and trussed him up like a turkey ready for the oven.

You cheated and tied up an old man so that they could commit a robbery?

Tobacco's very valuable. we sell it to cigar makers who wish to evade the tax.

[ distant shouting ]

jose, listen to me. whatever happens, say nothing. do you understand?

For my sake, joseito, say nothing.

[ hoofbeats approaching ]

hola, garcia.

Pablo. remondado.

Ay, it's good to see your ugly face.

We got tobacco for you. plenty of it. fine.

What a ride! pablo, see what's in the pot. give me something to eat.

Right away. remondado, see to the mules.

Carmen! [ laughs ]

show these ruffians how glad you are to have me back, huh?

How i thought of you. [ laughs ]

every night i said to my jailer,

"my carmen is the most beautiful woman in andalusia."

and he said to me, "go to sleep, you filthy goat, and dream about her."

and i did. I did!

[ laughing ] i did, i did, i did, i did!

Come, sit beside me.

[ sighs, chuckles ]

who is that? He's a hero.

He killed a colonel of the dragoons. good.

What's his name? Don jose.

Don jose! A gentleman.

Welcome, senor!

What's the matter with him?

[ whispering ]

[ laughing ] oh, no.

Nothing makes me sick. [ continues laughing ]

ahhh! [ spits ]

el navarres?

[ laughs ] greetings.

Well, there was a lot of excitement about you in the city today, and...

who is he? Who is that fellow?

Garcia. He's our leader.

Take my advice and keep away from him.

He's a good leader, but another man's life doesn't mean much to him.

He's her husband, navarres.

Her husband? That's right.

Joseito, i want to tell you something.

There's nothing you can tell me now.

Why didn't you tell me before about garcia?

I didn't know he'd be back so soon. you knew. you knew.

All right, but i didn't think he'd be back until tomorrow.

Is it my fault he rides that fast?

What kind of a creature are you?

Your kind, joseito.

Can you forget so soon?

Can you?

Go back to him. Go back where you belong.

Look at me, joseito.

Look at me.

So much the better. I'll live longer.

How do you like this life? Pleasant, isn't it?

You eat better than you do in the army, and the pay is much better.

You can see that already.

Garcia got 2,000 duros to divide among us...

just for politely delivering some tobacco to a crooked cigar maker.

What could be simpler than that? he can keep my share.

Your share of what? The money.

Oh. i did not quite know what you meant.

Jose, did you see the posters in cordova...

offering a reward for your capture?

You're very fortunate that your companions have such nobility of character.

But don't trust pablo.

He has no manners about things like that at all.

Get off.

I'll see what's ahead.

A patrol of caballeria! Take cover. they've seen us.

Do you know how to use a gun, caballero?

I was a soldier. i know, but can you shoot?

I can do anything you can do. does carmen say so?

If she does, she lies, the black witch. [ laughs ]

joseito. keep down, you little fool.

[ gunfire continues ]

i'm not afraid.

When i'm killed, it won't be by a stranger, jose.

That much i know.

Joseito, listen. we could get out of here without anyone even knowing it.

Then if garcia stayed and got himself killed, we couldn't help that, could we?

Those soldiers have good pistols, and they shoot straight.

I hate him, but he's my comrade.

You're a true payo, all right.

Always afraid of being dishonorable.

You're like the dwarf who thought himself tall...

because he could spit a long distance.

You don't love me.

[ gunfire continues ]i

the sergeant's been killed!

The sergeant's been killed!

[ whistles ]

let's get out of here fast, now.

Those soldiers have only gone for reinforcements.

I don't believe i'll try to go with you right now, jose.

Something seems to be wrong.

I'll get your mule and put you on it.

Let's go, jose, and bring the chickens.

No use leaving them for the soldiers. wait a minute.

You don't understand. he isn't dead. he's only hurt.

Still alive? I didn't know that.

We'd be foolish to leave him. he might be recognized as one of our men.

Garcia! [ gunshot ]

take a clever person to recognize him now.

Carmen.

♪♪ [ carmen humming ]

[ laughs ] that girl is crazy,

bathing in these icy waters.

[ garcia laughing ] ♪♪ [ humming continues i

listen to her.

♪♪ [ continues ]

i didn't say look at her. I said listen to her.

- I can't see her from here. - Yeah.

But you can see her in your imagination, eh?

[ laughs ]

that's what you're doing... seeing her in your mind.

Yeah, i can tell it from your face.

I'm afraid you'll have to be content with just sharing my money with me, caballero.

I don't want to share anything with you.

You keep your filthy money. [ coins jingling ]

doesn't want my money.

Just what did you have in mind that you do want in payment for the work you do here?

Is there anything else that belongs to me that you were thinking about?

Anything that belongs to you would be just as filthy and evil as you,

and i wouldn't want it.

[ laughing ]

i'll tell her, payo. I'll tell her.

[ continues laughing ]

but watch yourself.

She'll probably slit out your white liver...

and serve it to me for breakfast.

Are you such a coward you have to have a woman do your carving for you?

Coward? Yes, coward!

Has it slipped your mind that we lost a man today, garcia?

Well...

so we did.

So we did.

Now i'll have to let this puppy live until i can find a man to replace him.

Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah!

I am unarmed, payo, as you can see.

An honorable gentleman like yourself...

doesn't attack an unarmed man, does he?

Does he, don jose?

It would be too bad to kill him...

and waste the nice, fat reward offered for his capture.

Courage, little mule.

Only two more turns in the road and we'll be in cordova.

I'll have to find a lovesick fool...

who will follow me into a nice little trap.

Then we'll have some money to spend, and you'll have a fresh carrot.

Not here yet.

Another hour until sunset.

We'll have time for a game of cards before they come.

Too bad el navarres won't be here to see the fun.

Wonder why he refused to obey orders and come with us.

He said he was sick, and i believe him. ahh!

[ clicks tongue ]

he is sick?

He's sick, all right. sick because carmen's doing a little work for a change.

Hmph! don't payo women contribute anything?

Payo women do not ordinarily pick up men and lure them into ambush...

to be robbed by their husbands, garcia.

He is what he is.

He's not a gypsy. he can't think the way a gypsy does. you're not a gypsy.

You think the way i do.

I don't think at all. That's my protection.

And i feel nothing. I simply observe and am amused.

El navarres is not an observer.

He feels strongly, and it's killing him.

[ laughs ] don't worry. i won't let him die slowly of love, dancaire.

Are they here yet?

With the bullfights in cordova this week,

carmen should have very good luck.

When the bullfights are in town,

the place is always crowded with nice, fat pockets to pick.

[ kissing sounds ] aah! aah!

Toro. i toro!

[ grunts ]

i toro! Aah!

Banderillas.

[ continues kissing noises ]

i venga! i toro! aah!

I venga! I venga!

Aaah!

You're in good form today, lucas.

I'm in good form every day, carlosito.

No ordinary bull can stand on its feet against cunning like yours.

[ carmen ] nor any ordinary woman.

But then, i'm not an ordinary woman.

You look to me like a man who would enjoy having his fortune told.

Hah?

And you look to me like a girl who would be very skillful at it.

Hah? [ both laughing ]

i have a place on the edge of town that's very nice for fortune-telling.

And i know a place in the middle of town that's a better place for fortune-telling.

And i say we go to my little place.

And i say we'll go to mine.

She should have been here a long time ago.

Maybe she never went into town at all.

Maybe that's why el navarres lied and said he was sick.

Maybe they had it planned that way all the time.

That's not true, garcia.

You two remain here for another hour.

If she still comes, we'll have lost nothing.

If she's playing games with me, it only takes one of us to deal with her.

Why do you hate el navarres so?

Can it be because carmen... shut up!

Well! You too, eh, pablo?

[ grunts ]

[ laughs, sighs ] poor little carmen.

Such magic as she possesses can only destroy her.

[ hoofbeats approaching ]

joseito.

You didn't go with the others.

No.

You didn't take anyone to them,

for them to rob?

No.

Why not?

Oh, maybe because...

maybe because i had a feeling...

you didn't want me to do those things anymore.

I can see you don't believe me.

Too bad.

Don't you want something to eat?

No.

Aren't you hungry?

No.

I am.

I'm always hungry. [ blows ]

you never are.

How can i be when i'm sick every minute of the day?

What's the matter with me? Why don't i go away from here?

It's driving me crazy being around you, knowing you're married to another man.

Why don't i go away where i can't see it?

I wouldn't be married to another man...

if you'd used your head yesterday, would i?

[ hoofbeats approaching ]

so, my little companion, you would play games with garcia, huh?

I believe we had a rendezvous at the edge of town at sunset. was i mistaken?

Could i possibly have missed you,

or is it possible you didn't feel like working today?

No.

You didn't miss me, garcia.

I had better things to do today.

Didn't we, little soldier?

You filthy wench!

Choose your pastimes where you like, but while i'm master you'll work too.

Nobody's my master, you dirty old goat.

I'm carmen, and i work when i want to work.

So, puppy, you would play games with garcia too, huh?

[ chuckles ]

[ laughing ]

[ chuckling ]

don jose.

[ yells ]

[ chuckles ]

[ continues laughing ]

payo.

[ garcia continues laughing ]

[ laughing ]

aaah!

[ groans ]

[ panting ]

two murders on your soul now, for nothing.

Why didn't you just ask him for carmen? he'd have sold her to you.

Sold her? yes. gypsies sell their women.

He bought her. married her when she was 12 years old.

A typical gypsy marriage.

I'm going to marry her. How? where?

You can't show your face in a town in spain.

Then we'll have a gypsy wedding in the hills.

You'll be a fine pair, you two.

Payo and gypsy. the tame and the untamed. the dog and wolf.

Dog and wolf weren't created to live together. it won't work, navarres.

You'll see.

One camp is the same as the other. why are we moving?

We move when the birds move.

They have an instinct about those things.

We go now to our winter home, joseito.

We should send out invitations, i think.

The senor and senora liz...

what did you say our name is?

Lizarabengoa.

We'll be at home for the winter in the caves of granada.

Won't it be cold, living there in the caves?

No, joseito.

It won't be cold.

- [ leather strap cracks ] - whoa!

[ blow lands ]

everybody out! Line up, and no talking!

Your valuables.

[ gasps ]

[ dancaire ] we have company.

What are you doing here? i told you i wanted you to stay away from this.

I was bored.

I won't sit and wait for you like the wife of a payo stirring a pot of stew.

I've been my own woman, and a gypsy, too long, my friend.

I told you to leave these matters to me. i want no more of this.

You told me. You wanted no more.

I'm not your slave. i'm carmen, and nobody tells me what to do!

If you're ashamed of what i am, get yourself a payo wife.

You and your payo honor.

I spit on your honor. [ spits ]

get back to camp.

I always used to ride with garcia.

I'm not garcia.

No, you're not.

In many ways, you're not.

Get back in the coach. All of you!

[ whimpering ]

your leader's a brave man everywhere but at home, it seems.

Giddap! [ laughing ]

[ hoofbeats approaching ]

carmen.

Carmen, let's go away.

I want to clear out of this.

Come away with me, carmen.

Where to?

Where do you think you can go with every dragoon,

every soldier under orders to shoot you at sight like a mad dog?

I don't know where, but i know that i'm sick to death of this.

I've had enough of it.

We could go away, you and i, perhaps to the new world, to mexico.

I want to live like other people, without hiding.

I'm hungry for the sight of simple, simple, gentle people.

I want to sit around with plain men and talk about...

oh, about farming, about...

i find myself so... so many times lately...

thinking about my home in the north.

They'll hang you there too, if you show your face.

But we could go to mexico, couldn't we?

It wouldn't be like home, but we could live like other people.

I wasn't born to grow cabbages, joseito.

You knew that right from the beginning,

when you chose to lead this kind of life with me.

I didn't choose it.

Oh.

So it's my fault. i led you into it by the nose, i suppose.

You killed the colonel. I didn't.

Dog and wolf.

It's beginning, just like i said.

Dog and wolf.

I knew you'd be a nuisance. I said it!

You and your tiresome regrets and your weeping about something already over and done with!

Take your payo conscience and make some other woman a present of it.

I tell you, i'm sick of it!

It'd be well if you borrowed some of my conscience,

because you have none of your own.

You wouldn't love me nearly so much...

if i had a conscience, joseito.

That's a wonderful excuse,

to say i'm a gypsy and i don't know right from wrong.

I don't know, joseito. Tell me.

What is right? What is wrong?

Is that wrong, little soldier?

Out of the way, gypsy!

Out of the way, i tell you! we're in a hurry!

Well, now. so the payos are in a hurry, are they?

That's too bad, isn't it, now?

Because i'm in no hurry at all.

[ man ] carmen!

Lucas!

Carmen, where have you been?

Cordova hasn't seen you in months.

I've been a little busy. a few killings, a wedding here and there.

What about you? also a few killings, but no weddings.

And many happy hours of thinking of you, my carmen.

I was on my way into cordova to pick up a few provisions.

But you know i am the best provider in all of cordova,

to a very small and exclusive clientele.

I provide music and dancing and laughter.

And little memories.

Ahh.

Other times when she went into cordova for supplies,

she came back the same day.

- It's probably the rain that's keeping her away. - Ah!

You won't be seeing her for quite a while.

Carmen likes to laugh.

There hasn't been much of that around here lately, seems to me.

She's found herself a good time somewhere.

I know her better than you do, navarres. i do know her better.

Ohh! [ groans ]

ohh'!

♪♪

♪♪ [ singing in spanish ]

[ all ] ♪ la-la-lu, la-la-lu ♪

♪ la-la-lu la-la-lu la-la-lu ♪

♪ la-la-lu, la-la-lu ♪

♪ la-la-l u la-l a-l u la-l a-lu ♪

♪♪ [ continues in spanish ]

[ clicking tongue rhythmically ]

[ all ] ♪ la-la-lu, la-la-lu ♪

♪ la-la-lu la-la-lu la-la-lu ♪

♪ la-la-lu, la-la-lu ♪

♪ la-la-lu la-la-lu la-la-lu ♪

♪♪ [ continues in spanish ]

[ clicking tongue rhythmically ]

♪♪ [ continues, tempo accelerating ]

[ all ] ♪ la-la-lu, la-la-lu ♪

♪ la-la-lu la-la-lu la-la-lu ♪

♪ la-la-lu la-la-lu ♪

♪ la-la-lu la-la-lu la-la-lu ♪♪

you shouldn't have kicked him. his nose is broken.

You don't like us, do you?

We fill you with disgust.

We're the symbol of your degradation.

[ hoofbeats approaching ]

where have you been?

Answer me. Where have you been?

I'll beat you black and blue if you don't answer me!

I was in cordova worrying about you.

Another regiment of lancers arrived in town today...

and i saw a poster offering a reward of 5,000 duros for your capture.

If you're clever, you'll get out of here.

There are some people who might think 5,000 duros worthwhile.

I know a place outside of gibraltar where you could stay.

There's some cotton goods coming in from england you could sell to roderigo.

He's still in gibraltar.

Help me.

Where have you been?

I went to the bullfight, and i saw a very clever bullfighter called lucas.

They say he has an embroidered vest that cost 3,000 duros.

Imagine a vest that cost 3,000 duros.

Where did you get that dress?

That's my affair.

[ gasps, screams ] where did you get that dress?

As heaven is my witness, i'll kill you if you don't tell me!

Joseito! Little soldier'!

Who is he? Who gave it to you?

Joseito, look how carmen loves you!

I know you. I know what you are.

Who is it now? Who is it now?

[ gasping, choking ]

who is it now? [ screams ]

[ panting, whimpering ]

[ hoofbeats receding ]

the cards never lie to a gypsy, my friend.

They always tell the truth, lucas.

And what are they telling you that makes you look like such a beautiful thundercloud?

They tell me that the thing i've been expecting is coming nearer, lucas.

They tell me that...

it might be soon now.

You're really afraid of something you see there, aren't you, carmen?

You're not the only one who has death as a business partner.

Death travels with me too,

in the form of a man who loves me.

The cards always say that, that such a man will kill me.

And i know such a man.

Yes, you've changed.

We become what we do.

"don jose."

for all these months i've been telling myself i am not jose el navarres.

I am not truly a deserter, a robber, a thief.

I am don jose lizarabengoa,

a well-bred young man with a bright future...

who is, for the moment, playing at being a highwayman...

because he loves carmen.

But that's not true.

[ sighs ] i'm no longer don jose,

because we become what we do.

I'm jose el navarres,

and i'm just as cruel and ugly and hard as garcia was.

No, you're worse,

because you have a conscience.

The only really wicked men i've ever known were those who started as idealists.

That's what depravity feeds on: illusions and idealism and love gone wrong.

I have news for you, navarres.

It's nothing for you to worry about.

She's having a good time, like i thought.

And i know where she is...

and who it is she's taken up with.

Who? you heard her mention lucas the bullfighter?

He has a fine house in the street of the bajari.

They are together every afternoon in the corral de la plaza.

I would certainly go there and bring her back if she belonged to me.

No wife of mine would go around flaunting herself...

no, jose! i'm only telling you for your own good!

Poor pablo.

No matter what he does, he always ends the same way... on the ground.

Don't be an idiot. You can't go into the city.

They'll shoot you down without even thinking about it.

Be patient, amigo. she'll be back one of these days.

You must get used to this sort of thing. never!

♪♪ [ band: fanfare ]

[ bullfighters shouting ]

♪♪ [ march ]

there, little bullfighter. and there'll be another one for every bull you kill.

Be careful. you'll have me killing every bull in spain.

[ shouting continues ]

bring me the ears, lucas!

Don't forget the reward, now.

Five thousand duros, and i get half of it.

He'll come along, you'll see. He'll be coming here to get her.

Just keep your eye on her, and you'll get him.

♪♪ [ continues ] [ crowd cheering ]

♪♪ [ fanfare ]

[ crowd continues cheering ]

[ crowd applauding ]

what kind of a fool are you to show your face in cordova?

- Carmen. - Did you see that black cat?

A black cat is bad luck. it means serious trouble every time, jose.

If you had any brains at all, you'd... carmen.

Let's go home.

No. Please, carmen.

I can't stand it any longer, this... this waiting.

Please.

Maybe tomorrow, jose. Maybe i'll be back tomorrow.

It's because i hit you, isn't it?

You wouldn't have left me if 1 hadn't. i know you wouldn't.

I don't know what made me do it.

I'll never do it again. I'll be a good husband.

But please, carmencita, please come home with me.

No. you'll do what i tell you to do!

I'll do what it pleases me to do,

and right now it pleases me to watch the bullfight!

It's lucas the matador now, is that it?

What difference does it make? answer me!

Yes! yes! Now are you satisfied?

And why not? i like to laugh once in a while. and what have i had with you?

Nothing but tears and preaching and long faces!

I can't live penned up in a cage! i won't!

I'm sick of it. can't you understand? i'm sick of you!

Now get away and leave me alone!

Carmen, don't leave me. don't leave me. i love you so much.

Oh, see how much i love you?

You're all i have left in the world, little carmen.

I've lost everything. i gave it all up for you, but i'm not sorry.

Only please, please don't leave me!

Like a worm... cut him in half, and still he crawls.

♪♪ [ fanfare ] [ crowd cheering ]

listen! They've let the bull in.

You're keeping me from seeing the bullfight!

You're not gonna get away with it, carmen. not this time, you're not.

I'll kill him. do you hear me? And what would that settle?

You've killed two men who've loved me, and for what?

And i'll kill you, you blackhearted witch! i'll kill you!

I used to think you would, but i don't anymore. you're not man enough.

Now get out of my way! for the last time, are you coming back with me?

Don't hang on to me! i can't stand to have anyone hang on to me!

Answer me! no, no, no, no, no! [ spits ]

aaah!