Synopsis
The title refers to the common time for bullfights, and the story involves an ambitious young torero on his way up the ladder of success, and an older one on his way down, a bitter view of the popular Spanish spectacle.
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Núria Espert
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Juan Antonio Bardem – A las cinco de la tarde (1960)
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Fernando Arrabal – Viva la muerte AKA Long Live Death (1971)
1971-1980ActionAmos Vogel: Film as a Subversive ArtFernando ArrabalFranceWarAt the end of the Spanish civil war, Fando, a boy of about ten, tries to make sense of war and his father’s arrest. His mother is religious, sympathetic to the Fascists; his father is accused of being a Red. Fando discovers that his mother may have aided in his father’s arrest. Sometimes we witness Fando imagining explanations for what’s going on; sometimes we see him at play, alone or with his friend Thérèse. Oedipal fantasies and a lad’s natural curiosity about sex and death mix with his search for his mother’s nature and his father’s fate. Will Fando survive the search?Read More »
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Ventura Pons – Barcelona (un mapa) AKA Barcelona: A Map (2007)
2001-2010DramaSpainVentura PonsSynopsis:
Timid, elderly Ramon once worked at a Barcelona theater, later burned down, where he enjoyed dressing up in women’s costumes. He’s now married to Ros and owns a house whose rooms he has rented out.Wishing to spend his last days in peace, Ramon visits his tenants to ask them to leave.Read More »