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Encyclopedia > Matador (film)
Matador
Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
Produced by Andrés Vicente Gómez
Written by Pedro Almodóvar
Jesús Ferrero
Starring Antonio Banderas,
Assumpta Serna
Release date 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. Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (pronounced ) (born September 24, 1949) is a Spanish filmmaker. ... Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (pronounced ) (born September 24, 1949) is a Spanish filmmaker. ... Banderas as Zorro in The Legend of Zorro José Antonio Domínguez Banderas (born August 10, 1960), better known as Antonio Banderas or Tony Flags, is a Spanish film actor. ... Assumpta Serna, born Asunción Rodes Serna on September 16th, 1957 in Barcelona, Spain, is both one of Spains most prolific actresses and also an acting teacher. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A minute is a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour and to 60 seconds. ... Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (pronounced ) (born September 24, 1949) is a Spanish filmmaker. ... Matador Antonio Barrera in the capote de paseo (dress cape) before a bullfight during the 2003 Aste Nagusia festival in Bilbao, Spain A torero (roughly bull handler) is the main performer in bullfighting events in Spain and other Spanish-speaking countries. ... Banderas as Zorro in The Legend of Zorro José Antonio Domínguez Banderas (born August 10, 1960), better known as Antonio Banderas or Tony Flags, is a Spanish film actor. ... Assumpta Serna, born Asunción Rodes Serna on September 16th, 1957 in Barcelona, Spain, is both one of Spains most prolific actresses and also an acting teacher. ...


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. Spanish toreo, corrida de toros or tauromaquia; Portuguese corrida de touros or tauromaquia) is a blood sport that involves, most of the times, professional performers (matadores) who execute various formal moves with the goal of appearing graceful and confident, while masterful over the bull itself; these maneuvers are performed at... Retirement is the status of a worker who has stopped working. ... Highland cow, a very old long-horned breed from Scotland. ...


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. Assumpta Serna, born Asunción Rodes Serna on September 16th, 1957 in Barcelona, Spain, is both one of Spains most prolific actresses and also an acting teacher. ... Criminal law (also known as penal law) is the body of statutory and common law that deals with crime and the legal punishment of criminal offenses. ... Look up Climax in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Bull ring (Plaza de Toros) La Malagueta in Málaga (Spain) Bullfighting or tauromachy (Spanish toreo, corrida de toros or tauromaquia; Portuguese tourada, corrida de touros or tauromaquia) is a tradition that involves, most of the time, professional performers (generally called in Spanish toreros or matadores and in Portuguese toureiros...


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.


External link


The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about actors, films, television shows, television stars, video games and production crew personnel. ...

Pedro Almodóvar

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) Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (pronounced ) (born September 24, 1949) is a Spanish filmmaker. ... Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón (Spanish for and officially translated as Pepi, Luci, Bom and Other Girls on the Heap, and sometimes also called Pepi, Luci, Bom and Other Girls Like Mom) is a 1980 film written and directed by the Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar. ... Entre tinieblas (Dark Habits) is a black comedy from director Pedro Almodóvar. ... ¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer ésto? (What Have I Done To Deserve This?) is a 1984 film by Pedro Almodóvar. ... La ley del deseo (Law of Desire) is a 1987 film by Pedro Almodóvar. ... Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios) is a 1988 Spanish comedy film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Carmen Maura and Antonio Banderas. ... Poster for ¡Átame! Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (¡Átame!) is a 1990 film by Pedro Almodóvar, an offbeat Spanish drama starring Antonio Banderas and Victoria Abril. ... Poster for Tacones lejanos Tacones Lejanos (High Heels) is a 1991 Spanish film, written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Marisa Paredes and Victoria Abril. ... Kika is a 1993 Pedro Almodóvar film Category: ... La Flor de mi secreto or The Flower of My Secret is a 1995 film by Spanish master director Pedro Almodóvar. ... Carne Trémula (Live Flesh ) is a 1991 Spanish film, written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Javier Bardem and Francesca Neri. ... All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre) is a 1999 film written and directed by the Spanish auteur Pedro Almodóvar, starring Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Candela Peña, Antonia San Juan and Penélope Cruz. ... Talk to Her (Spanish title: Hable con ella) is a 2002 film written and directed by the Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, starring Javier Cámara, Darío Grandinetti, Leonor Watling, and Rosario Flores. ... Bad Education (La mala educación) is a 2004 film by Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar about two reunited childhood friends (and lovers) in the vein of an Alfred Hitchcock murder mystery. ... Volver is a 2006 Spanish language film by director Pedro Almodóvar. ...



 

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