Matador is a 1986 film by Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar about a student matador, Ángel (Antonio Banderas), who confesses to murders he didn't commit and begins a romance with his lawyer, María (Assumpta Serna). Themes include sex, death, and religion.
Diego Montes (Nacho Martínez) is a bullfighter, forced into early retirement by a horn-inflicted injury. He then switches his prey from bulls to women: after making love to them, he finds that ki...
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Matador is a 1986 film by Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar about a student matador, Ángel (Antonio Banderas), who confesses to murders he didn't commit and begins a romance with his lawyer, María (Assumpta Serna). Themes include sex, death, and religion.
Diego Montes (Nacho Martínez) is a bullfighter, forced into early retirement by a horn-inflicted injury. He then switches his prey from bulls to women: after making love to them, he finds that killing them is his only way of reliving the intense emotions of the sunny afternoons of his past.
María Cardenal (Serna) is a criminal lawyer who secretly admires the art of the killer. She kills her lovers during orgasm, recalling in her crimes the mythic ritual of bullfighting.
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