CARMEN, The Music Behind the Scenes Featurette (2023)

Composer Nicholas Britell, songwriters Julieta Venegas, Taura Stinson, and The DOC, director Benjamin Millepied, actor Paul Mescal and others discuss the completely original music in CARMEN. Benjamin Millepieds CARMEN is a gritty modern day tale, with a majestic score by Nicholas Britell, and dreamlike dance sequences that evoke magic realism. The story follows a young and fiercely independent woman who is forced to flee her home in the Mexican desert following the brutal murder of her mother, another strong and mysterious woman. Carmen survives a terrifying and dangerous illegal border crossing into the US, only to be confronted by a lawless volunteer border guard who coldbloodedly murders two other immigrants in her group. When the border guard and his patrol partner, Aidana Marine with PTSDbecome embroiled in a deadly standoff, Carmen and Aidan are forced to escape together. They make their way north toward Los Angeles in search of Carmens mothers best friend, the mercurial Masilda and owner