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2003 | Color | 60 min

Influenced by the experience of her father, who became a bull fighter at the age of 38, Victoria Clay-Mendoza attempts to explain and understand the essence of this passion. Maletilla follows, over the course of four years, the paths of Iván García, César Jiménez and Sebastián Sánchez-Mora.


Country: México
Direction: Clay Mendoza; Victoria
Script: Clay Mendoza; Victoria
Production: Herrera; Carolina
Photography: Clay Mendoza; Victoria
Music: Otros; Otros, Langdon; Antony
Cast:Espartaco;, Casas; Simón, García; Iván, Jiménez; César, Sánchez-Mora; Sebastián
Participation year at FICM: 2003

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