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A young woman, Carmen, is being held in a tobacco factory because she is suspected of inciting a riot in the factory and threatening her colleagues with a knife. She is placed under the care of a soldier, Don José, whom she has a crush on. She is not the only one: Michaëla is also in love with him and brings him a letter and a message from his mother. However, Carmen manages to charm Don José into allowing her to escape. He is then arrested himself. When he is later released, he gets into a fight with a senior officer and flees with Carmen. The happiness is short-lived: Carmen tells José that she is more attracted to the bullfighter Escamillo and that she will give herself to him if he manages to win his upcoming fight. José cannot accept her rejection and desperately asks her one more time for her love and loyalty. She dismisses him coolly and tosses him the ring he once gave her. In a rage he stabs her. And while Escamillo celebrates his victory, Carmen breathes her last…
