Afternoon of the Bulls

Afternoon of the Bulls
Italian poster
Directed byLadislao Vajda
Written byJulio Coll
José Santugini
Manuel Tamayo
StarringManuel Arbó
CinematographyHeinrich Gärtner
Edited byJulio Peña
Release date
  • 24 February 1956 (1956-02-24)
Running time
75 minutes
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Afternoon of the Bulls (Spanish: Tarde de toros) is a 1956 Spanish drama film directed by Ladislao Vajda. It was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival.[1] The film was selected as the Spanish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 29th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.

Plot[edit]

In the bullring of Las Ventas, in Madrid, four parallel stories are shown in the film: the senior bullfighter Ricardo Puente breaks up with his lover Paloma; the winner of the day, Juan Carmona is barely hurt by a bull because he is haunted with the notice of a new baby; Rondeño II is afraid of the bulls and afraid of the wedding with his girlfriend Ana María; finally, an innocent amateur torero dies on the sand.

Selected cast[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Afternoon of the Bulls". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 8 February 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2009.

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