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2016 · dance · documentary · music

Jota

Directed by Carlos Saura1h 30m2016
ElsewhereIMDb7.6127TMDB5.17
  • warm
  • brisk
  • intimate
Movie DNA

Warm, kinetic, measured dance / documentary, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.

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Captures the vivacity and charisma of the jota, a waltz-like castanet dance with its origins in the province of Aragon.

Our read · Jota (2016) reads as a warm, kinetic, inventive dance · documentary · music entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.

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What watching it is actually like.

You want a vibrant documentary celebrating the jota dance and its culture.

ends upliftingyou’ll feel glowing aftersteady all the waygrips by minute 3attention 2/5breezes bysubtitles: full
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonightYou have no interest in folk dance or music documentaries.

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Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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