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Availability: Disc Set - This title is part of a multi-film set. Please see PURCHASING OPTIONS below to purchase. AKA: The Bullfighter || The Bull Fighter Director: Pedro Almodovar Producer: Andres Vicente Gomez Released: 1986 [Spain] Genre: Dark Comedy     Sub-Genre: Thriller Keywords:  Court / Trial || Drama || Homophobia || Homosexual || Lawyer(s) || Murder || School || Sex / Sexuality || Spain || Student(s)

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Viva Pedro: The Almodovar Collection [9-Disc Set]

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Plot:	Ex-bullfighter Diego instructs his students in "the art of the kill", and constantly harasses trainee bullfighter Angel about his suspected homosexuality. To prove his masculinity, Angel confesses to murders he did not commit, and the plot thickens...
Overview:	At his school in Madrid, ex-bullfighter Diego Montes (Nacho Martinez) instructs his students in the corrida, "the art of the kill". Trainee bullfighter Angel (Antonio Banderas), sexually repressed and mother-fixated, is taunted about his suspected homosexuality by Diego. To prove his masculinity, Angel attempts to assault Diego's girlfriend. Failing in his attempt and consumed by guilt, he confesses to murders he did not commit--the victims are killed with bullfighting instruments at the moment of sexual climax. Angel is defended by lawyer Maria Cardenal (Assumpta Serna), the real killer, who is obsessed with Diego and uses Angel to draw the maestro Matador into one last confrontation. "Matador" is a darkly comic and seductive celebration of Spanish desire, repression, and bullfighting, inspired by the Hollywood melodrama "Duel In The Sun".
Cast:	Assumpta Serna  ||  Antonio Banderas  ||  Nacho Martinez  ||  Carmen Maura  ||  Eva Cobo  ||  Julieta Serrano  ||  Chus Lampreave  ||  Eusebio Poncela (Click any actor to search for more of their movies!)
Languages:	Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 - Stereo)
Subtitles:	ENGLISH, French
Distributor:	Columbia Tri-Star/Sony  [A USA-Based Distributor]
Rating:	UN - "Unrated. This film has not been rated by the review board."
Features:	Anamorphic Widescreen 1.77:1 (possibly cropped from 1.66:1) Stereo