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MATADOR

• Director: Pedro Almodóvar
• SPAIN / 1986 / DCP / Colour / 102' / Spanish; Turkish, English s.t.

• Screenplay: Pedro Almodóvar, Jesús Ferrero
• Director of Photography: Ángel Luis Fernández
• Editing: José Salcedo
• Music: Bernardo Bonezzi
• Cast: Antonio Banderas, Assumpta Serna, Chus Lampreave, Eusebio Poncela, Eva Cobo, Julieta Serrano, Luis Ciges, Nacho Martínez, Verónica Forqué
• Producer: Andrés Vicente Gómez
• Production Co.: Compañía Iberoamericana de TV
• World Sales: Video Mercury Films

1987 Fantasporto International Fantasy Film Award, Best Actress, Special Jury Award

A dark and provocative explosion of passion, sin, and death, Pedro Almodóvar's Matador returns to the screen for its 40th-anniversary celebration from a stunning new restoration. This visceral thriller follows Diego and Maria – a retired, disillusioned bullfighter, and a ruthless, equally obsessed defence lawyer – who share a terrifying secret: both find their ultimate pleasure in killing. As their paths converge, so does the destiny of Ángel, a young student matador plagued by erotic visions who desperately tries to confess crimes he hasn't committed. Almodóvar delivers a brazen, darkly comedic melodrama all rendered in his signature, electrifying, provocative style, following two characters who ‘need to love and kill at the same time. This turns them into myths.’

* Scenes of violence/sex might disturb some viewers.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.