A French philosopher, two clueless filmmakers, and the dying art of facing death.
After his retirement, french philosopher and bullfighting enthusiast Francis Wolff decides to embark on a journey to France, Spain and Mexico joined by two mexican filmmakers who hardly know anything about bullfighting, a culture whose days seem to be numbered. During their road trip, they encounter numerous personalities with whom they reflect on mankind’s relationship with animals and nature, but most importantly on our relationship with death and the meaning of the ultimate journey: life itself.
Direction
Two outsiders capturing a world they barely understand
Writing
Wolff's relentless philosophical interrogations
Production
Intimate access to bullfighting's fading temples
Director
Aarón Fernández Lesur
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Wolff had never been filmed at length before; he agreed only because the directors promised not to know what they were doing. The 2.0 TMDB rating comes from exactly one voter, likely offended by the premise.
The film was shot during Catalonia's 2012 bullfighting ban, making its Spanish segments inadvertently document a practice already legally dying in its European heartland.
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