"Toreros." . . "Bullfighters." . . "Bullfighters Drama." . . "Criterion Collection (Firme)" . . "Bullfights Drama." . . "Criterion Collection (Firm)" . . "Corridas." . . "Bullfights." . . . . . . . "Spanish films" . . "Francesco Rosi's the moment of truth" . . . . . . "Summary: 1964 Italian film (Il Memento Della Verita) directed by Francesco Rosi. An impoverished Andalusian boy seeks fame and fortune in the bullrings of Barcelona as a matador.By using world famous bullfighter Miguel Mateo Miguelin in the lead role Rosi depicts the mesmeric grace and daring of the matador while the portrayal of the frenzied brutality of the spectacle and its bloodthirsty crowds keeps the glorification of the sport in check. Offair, SBS, 103 min." . . . . . . . . . . . "Moment of truth (Motion picture : 1964)" . "Drama" . . "Feature films" . "Fiction" . . . . . . "Momento della verita" . . . . . . . . "Francesco Rosi's" . "\"[A] visceral plunge into the life of a famous torero played by real-life bullfighting legend Miguel Mateo, known as Miguelin. Charting his rise and fall with a single-minded focus on the bloody business at hand, the film is at once gritty and operatic, placing the viewer right in the thick of the ring's action, as close to death as possible. ... [T]his is a not just an electrifying drama but also a profound and moving inquiry into a violent world and it's perhaps the greatest bullfighting movie ever made.\"--Container." . "Moment de vérité" . . . . . . . . "Francesco Rosi's The moment of truth" . . "Motion pictures" . . . . . . "Momento della verità (Motion picture)" . "A visceral plunge into the life of a famous torero played by real-life bullfighting legend Miguel Mateo, known as Miguelin. Charting his rise and fall with a single-minded focus on the bloody business at hand, the film is at once gritty and operatic, placing the viewer right in the thick of the rings action, as close to death as possible. This is a not just an electrifying drama but also a profound and moving inquiry into a violent world and perhaps the greatest bullfighting movie ever made." . . "A visceral plunge into the life of a famous torero played by real-life bullfighting legend Miguel Mateo, known as Miguelin. Charting his rise and fall with a single-minded focus on the bloody business at hand, the film is at once gritty and operatic, placing the viewer right in the thick of the ring's action, as close to death as possible. This is not just an electrifying drama but also a profound and moving inquiry into a violent world and perhaps the greatest bullfighting movie ever made." . "Italian films" . . . "The moment of truth" . "Features" . . "Il momento della verità The moment of truth" . "Moment of truth" . "fiction dramatique (fiction)" . . . . . . . . . . "Fiction films" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "\"Le destin de Miguel, jeune paysan espagnol cherchant à devenir torero.\"--[allociné.fr]. Avec Linda Christian, Miguel Mateo." . "Melodramas (Motion pictures)" . . . . .