Year: 1972
Runtime: 73 mins
Language: English
Director: Budd Boetticher
Over eight years, director Budd Boetticher made a passionate portrait of his friend, famed matador Carlos Arruza, despite illness, bankruptcy, jail time and Hollywood offers. The film blends poetry, immediacy and violence, confronting Boetticher’s mixed feelings about Arruza’s celebrated career before the bullfighter’s fatal car crash at 46.
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