Matador
Pedro Almodóvar / ES, 1986 / 110 min.
A young Antonio Banderas as would-be matador Ángel, who becomes embroiled in a dark comedy about manliness, women and bulls as well as the (Spanish) passion for lust & death. Pedro Almodóvar is one of the principal filmmakers to emerge from the Movida Madrileña group. Celebration of 50 years of Movida.
This year, Spain is celebrating 50 years of La Movida, the cultural liberation movement that erupted after General Francisco Franco’s death in 1975 and which reached its apotheosis in the Madrid underground movement’s productions by liberated filmmakers, artists, designers, club owners and playwrights with Pedro Almodóvar (1949) and his troop of actors as its most prominent exponents.
Pedro Almodóvar and his regular crew of actors – including Antonio Banderas, Rossy de Palma and Carmen Maura – regularly created a sensation with outspoken films that exposed and explored the underground scene of Madrid. Sex, drugs, rock ‘n’ roll in a humorous guise, with plenty of nods to Spanish machismo as often embodied by Antonio Bandéras in the lead role.
Eye is screening three films of La Movida: Arrebato (1980), Pepi, Luci, Bom... (Almodóvar) and Matador (Almodóvar) and is organizing a roundtable discussion on 2 December entitled Movida - 50th anniversary of the Spanish Transition Cinema. On Saturday, December 6, Almodóvar will be at Eye for a Conversation with Tilda Swinton.
These screenings are organised in collaboration with the Embassy of Spain in the Netherlands.
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Director
Pedro Almodóvar
Production year
1986
Country
ES
Original title
Matador
Length
110 min.
Language
Spanish
Subtitles
ENG
Format
DCP
Part of
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