A nobody dreams of blood and glory in the sand — but fame demands sacrifice.
The unstoppable ambition of a young lover of the bullrings and the support of her sister and a friend, will enable him to become a great figure of bullfighting, overcoming the various barriers that every torero finds when entering the world of bullfighting .... Pedrin, the son of a newscaster, decides to be a bullfighter and, after the death of a partner, struggles to succeed in the bullrings.
Direction
Lazaga's unflinching eye for bullring brutality.
Acting
Benjumea plays himself — meta before meta was cool.
Director
Pedro Lazaga Sabater
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pedrín Benjumea was a real matador playing himself in this semi-autobiographical drama.
1967 Spain: Franco-era cinema used bullfighting to explore forbidden class tensions under censorship.
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