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Matador
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Matador is a 1986 Spanish film directed and written by Pedro Almodóvar. The production features Assumpta Serna, Antonio Banderas, Nacho Martínez, and Chus Lampreave. Andrés Vicente Gómez served as producer, with Bernardo Bonezzi composing the music and José Salcedo editing the film. The narrative is set in Madrid, where filming also took place.
The movie is categorized as an erotic thriller, thriller, romance, and erotic film, with additional genre classifications including drama. It explores themes such as rape, bullfighting, drowning, and religious education. The runtime is listed as 105 minutes or 110 minutes. The film was released on March 7, 1986, and distributed by Medusa Film, Netflix, and Fandango at Home via video on demand.
Critical reception includes a review score of 7.3 out of 10 and 93 percent approval. Audience ratings show a vote average of 6.7 on TMDb and a rating of 6.9 on IMDb. The assessment includes the Bechdel test. The production involved Compañía Iberoamericana de TV and TVE, with reported revenue of 286,126.
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Film · TMDB
6.7A conflicted youth confesses to crimes he didn't commit while a man and woman aroused by death become obsessed with each other.
Cast
- Assumpta Serna as María
- Antonio Banderas as Ángel
- Nacho Martínez as Diego
- Eva Cobo as Eva
- Julieta Serrano as Berta
- Chus Lampreave as Pilar
Themes
- rape
- bullfighting
- drowning
- madrid, spain
- religious education
- angel
- necrophilia
- sadomasochism
- matador (bullfighter)
- euphoric
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Spain
- Original language
- Spanish
- Director
- Pedro Almodóvar
- Screenwriter
- Pedro Almodóvar
- Composer
- Bernardo Bonezzi
- Producer
- Andrés Vicente Gómez
- Narrative location
- Madrid
- Filming location
- Madrid
- Duration
- 110
- FilmAffinity ID
- 802209
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1986-01-01
- film editor
- José Salcedo
- title
- Matador
- distributed by
- Fandango at Home
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- different from
- Matador
- review score
- 93%
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