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1956 | B/N | 100:00

A young Mexican farm boy lovingly raises a bull as a pet. When the ranch owner is accidentally killed, the stock must be sold off and the bull is taken away from his caretaker. The animal is shipped to the Plaza México to face Fermín Rivera, a matador, who was played by the bullfighter himself.


Direction: Rapper; Irving
Script: Trumbo; Dalton (bajo el seudónimo de Robert Rich), Franklin; Harry, G. White; Merrill
Production: King; Maurice, King; Frank
Photography: Cardiff; Jack
Sound: Reid; George, Myers; John
Music: Young; Victor
Cast:Ray; Michel, Hoyos; Rodolfo, Cárdenas; Elsa, Lansing; Joi, Rivera; Fermín, Trevino; George, Fernández; Carlos, Navarro; Carlos
Art direction: Rodríguez; Ramón
Participation year at FICM: 2016

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