Matador (film)
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| Matador | |
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| Directed by | Pedro Almodóvar |
| Produced by | Andrés Vicente Gómez |
| Written by | Pedro Almodóvar Jesús Ferrero |
| Starring | Antonio Banderas, Assumpta Serna |
| Release date(s) | 1986 |
| Running time | 110 min |
| Language | Spanish |
| IMDb profile | |
Matador (1986, Spanish for killer) is a film by Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar about a student matador, Ángel (Antonio Banderas), who confesses to murders he didn't commit and begins a romance with his lawyer, María (Assumpta Serna). Themes include sex, death, and religion.
[edit] Plot
Diego Montes (Martínez) is a bullfighter, forced into early retirement by a horn-inflicted injury. He then switches his prey from bulls to women: after making love to them, he finds that killing them is his only way of reliving the intense emotions of the sunny afternoons of his past.
María Cardenal (Serna) is a criminal lawyer who secretly admires the art of the killer. During climax she kills her companions, recalling in her crimes the mythic ritual of bullfighting.
The two solitary accomplices, submerged in a world opposed to their nature, must meet, and no one, not even themselves, will be able to avoid the inevitable.
[edit] External link
- Matador at the Internet Movie Database
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Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón (1980) • Laberinto de pasiones (1982) • Entre tinieblas (1983) • ¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer ésto? (1984) • Matador (1986) • La ley del deseo (1987) • Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988) • ¡Átame! (1990) • Tacones lejanos (1991) • Kika (1993) • La flor de mi secreto (1995) • Carne trémula (1997) • Todo sobre mi madre (1999) • Hable con ella (2002) • La mala educación (2004) • Volver (2006) |
