Belmonte (1995)

Director:

Juan Sebastián Bollaín

Writers:

Enrique Bollaín, Juan Sebastián Bollaín,

Stars:

Achero Mañas, Jesús Bonilla, Lautaro Murúa

Cast

Credited cast:
Achero Mañas	...	Juan Belmonte
Jesús Bonilla	...	Calderón
Lautaro Murúa	...	Belmonte mayor
Luis Miguel Calvo	...	Joselito
Natalia Menéndez	...	Julia
Raúl Fraire	...	Mayoral
Mónica Molina	...	Consuelo
Jacqueline Arenal	...	Mujer casada
Enrique San Francisco	...	Sebastián Miranda
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ernesto Alterio	...	Julio Camba
Carlos Ballesteros	...	Don Luis
Pilar Barrera	...	Madrastra Belmonte
Paco Catalá	...	Capataz
María Galiana	...	Asunción
Tito García	...	Picador 'El Brillante'

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

andalusia | bullfighting

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Genres:

Biography

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Details

Country:

Spain Portugal France

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

5 May 1995 (Spain)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Animeda, D.M.V.B. Films, Maestranza Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

The most famous bullfighter exposed

BELMONTE is generally recognized as the world's most famous (and perhaps best) bullfighter. Hemingway always said (or so the film's promotional taglines say) that he had only met two geniuses : Einstein and Belmonte. This filmed biography uses two actors as Juan Belmonte, as he ages. During Belmonte's era, bullfighting (tauromaquia) was elevated to an art form by European intellectuals mostly as a result of what Belmonte injected into it: bravery, tragedy, fatalism, salvagery, passion, and rivalry with the other bullfighters, not forgetting his notorious love life. This film, if nothing else, is a good period piece which lavishly and (arguably) faithfully reproduces Belmonte's myth.