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Afternoons of Solitude (Spanish: Tardes de soledad) is a 2024 documentary film directed by Albert Serra dealing with the world of bullfighting. The film world premiered in September 2024 at the 72nd San Sebastián International Film Festival, where it won the Golden Shell.
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Bull-leaping: Fresco from Knossos, Crete. Bullfighting traces its roots to prehistoric bull worship and sacrifice in Mesopotamia and the Mediterranean region. The first recorded bullfight may be the Epic of Gilgamesh, which describes a scene in which Gilgamesh and Enkidu fought and killed the Bull of Heaven ("The Bull seemed indestructible, for hours they fought, till Gilgamesh dancing in ...
Protestors rejected what they perceived to be a glamorous image of a matador on film. "It is inadmissible to release a film in which the hero is a matador," said the Alliance Anticorrida, a French anti-bullfighting group, in a message to its 20,000 members. "If they are properly informed, a great number of spectators will avoid this new film." [8]
However, the real Don Sebastian unexpectedly arrives, leading to a chaotic series of events during the bullfight. Muldoon, recognizing Laurel and incensed by his past injustice, instigates pandemonium in the arena. In a frenzy, Muldoon unleashes every bull, endangering the lives of all present.
Bullfighter and the Lady is a 1951 drama romance sport film directed and written by Budd Boetticher starring Robert Stack, Joy Page and Gilbert Roland.Filmed on location in Mexico, the film focused on the realities of the dangerous sport of bullfighting.
"Bullfighting involves an extreme violence for childhood,” Gehad Madi, a member of the U.N.'s Committee for the Rights of the Child, told Spain's El Diario newspaper at the time. "Not only child ...
Beauty and the Bull is a 1954 Warner Bros. biographical short film.. The film described the bullfighting career of actress turned toreador, Bette Ford. [1] It was directed by Larry Lansburgh, written by Janet Lansburgh, and narrated by Marvin Miller. [2]