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Carmen: A Hip Hopera

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Carmen: A Hip Hopera
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1hr 28min
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2001
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New Line Home Video
Synopsis: Previously, and brilliantly, adapted as an opera by Georges Bizet, the Prosper Merimee novel Carmen served as the inspiration for this updated made-for-cable movie. Set in contemporary Los Angeles, the film stars Beynoce Knowles of Destiny's Child as the seductive Carmen, no longer an employee in a cigarette factory but instead an aspiring actress. The "Don Jose" character has become a cop named Sgt. Derek Hill (Mekhi Phifer), who after being ordered by his corrupt superior officer Frank Miller (played ... Full Synopsis
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Sgt. Derek Hill
Frank Miller
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