影片改编自西班牙伟大诗人费德里科•加西亚•洛尔卡（Federico García Lorca 饰）六幕话剧，内战期间他因支持共和政府而被弗朗哥政府残忍杀害，叛军当政期间作品长期被禁。片中的故事以弗拉明戈舞纪录片的形式展开，通过演员的准备、彩排间即间离向观众讲述了这样一出血腥悲剧：新婚之夜，新郎的母亲心事重重，她偶然得知新娘是杀害自己丈夫的仇家的女儿，她的心中升起不祥的预感。新娘的表哥雷奥纳多（Antonio Gades 饰）深爱自己的表妹，他趁乱带着爱人私奔，得知此讯的新郎携刀追赶，两个男人进行了一场血腥决斗……西班牙导演 卡洛斯•绍拉弗拉明戈电影三部曲之一，另外两部为《卡门》和《爱情魔术师》。

The plot features Eugenio, a young jeweller who in the late sixties meets Conchita on a bus in Barcelona. They instantly fall in love and he learns to play the guitar to accompany her in her music career, for which he will have to fight stage fright. When Conchita has to go away for two weeks, she convinces Eugenio to perform by himself. When she returns, he has become a sensat...