Honeymoon (1959)

A ballerina (Ludmilla Tcherina) gives up her career to marry an Australian rancher (Anthony Steel). Their honeymoon is spent traveling through Spain where she encounters a dancer/choreographer (Antonio) that has her questioning her decision to quit dancing. Directed by Michael Powell (PEEPING TOM), this is an odd genre of a movie, a dance travelogue! Powell, of course, had done dance films before, notably THE RED SHOES and TALES OF HOFFMAN but this one lacks those movies' consistency. It has the thinnest of plots and I use the term plot loosely as Powell takes us on a handsome journey through Spain shot in Technirama by Georges Perinal and Claude Renoir. People just break out and dance frequently but there are two major musical ballets performed, Manuel De Falla's EL AMOR BRUJO and Mikis Theodorakis' LOVERS OF TERUEL. Since the focus is on dance and the cinematography, the acting doesn't matter much but although Antonio is a good dancer, as an actor he's irritating (though it may be his character). For the Powell completist and lovers of dance. With Leonide Massine and Rosita Segovia.