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Afternoon of the Bulls (Spanish: Tarde de toros) is a 1956 Spanish drama film directed by Ladislao Vajda. It was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival.[1] The film was selected as the Spanish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 29th Academy Awards.

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Afternoon of the Bulls
Italian poster
Directed by	Ladislao Vajda
Written by	Julio Coll José Santugini Manuel Tamayo
Starring	Manuel Arbó
Cinematography	Heinrich Gärtner
Edited by	Julio Peña
Release date	24 February 1956 (1956-02-24)
Running time	75 minutes
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

Plot

In the bullring of Las Ventas, in Madrid, four parallel stories are shown in the film: the senior bullfighter Ricardo Puente breaks up with his lover Paloma; the winner of the day, Juan Carmona is barely hurt by a bull because he is haunted with the notice of a new baby; Rondeño II is afraid of the bulls and afraid of the wedding with his girlfriend Ana María; finally, an innocent amateur torero dies on the sand.

Selected cast

• Manuel Arbó as Vecino de la actriz
• Rafael Bardem as Amigo 1º
• Félix Dafauce as Médico de la plaza
• José Isbert as Don Felipe
• Manolo Morán as Jiménez
• Antonio Prieto as Enterado 1º
• Jesús Tordesillas as Luis Montes

See also

• List of submissions to the 29th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Spanish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References

External links

• Afternoon of the Bulls at IMDb

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