Carmen

Carmen (2023) is a musical drama you can watch online on iFILM — choreographer Benjamin Millepied's free riff on the Bizet story, and his first time behind the camera. After her mother is murdered in the Mexican desert, the fiercely independent Carmen flees north and survives an illegal crossing into the United States.

On the other side she collides with Aidan, a former Marine pulled into a volunteer border patrol. A single burst of violence forces the two of them to run together. What follows trades dialogue for the road, for desire, for dance. Melissa Barrera and Paul Mescal take the leads, with Rossy de Palma along the way. Millepied lets movement and an original score carry the emotion, pushing the film toward something close to opera. It asks for patience with its bold form. Stream Carmen (2023) online on iFILM.