- A film about bullfighting but, above all, about a father and a son, their relationship. The challenge of inheriting a tradition full of art and sacrifice, but difficult to match with the 21st century.
- A bull and a bullfighter confront each other face to face in a bullring. Neither of them are anonymous beings; both of them are well-known characters. The bull, a huge animal that has been specially bred and thoroughly looked after during 4 years, enters the bullring without knowing the fate that awaits him. His weapons are his breed, fierceness and his horns. The bullfighter is a well-known and daring professional who fears death and makes others fear it too through his art. His weapons are his braveness, his intelligence and his sword. The public expects from the bull and the bullfighter their best performance. Nobody knows the fate that awaits the two of them. But we do know that we are before the phenomenon that drives humanity: the Life-Death link. Ritual, aesthetics, art, festivity and mythology. Life versus death. Power versus death. Which is to prevail? The narration comprises a dual biography of two living beings whose respective stories generate enormous sympathy until one day they meet face to face in a bullring for the first time ever. The bull is pure emotion and instinct and the man is fragile and intelligent. The two protagonists are shown in the screen with all the emotion, magic, strength and visual impact they can convey, ignoring any comments or intellectual explanations but paying special attention to striking sound effects and including an exclusive sound-track involving the collaboration of prestigious musician _Antonio Meliveo_ and taking in mind Luis Francisco Espla's ideas about jazz, instead of pasodoble, to accompany the corrida and everything related to bullfighting.—Anonymous
- Is it possible to teach an artist's secrets? How does a father transfer his art to a son of his? Is it something you can learn? And, if this art was bullfighting, does it make any sense? At the beginning of the 20th century, fighting bulls in the arena seems so opposite to our society - and, still, young Alejandro Espla is willing to follow his father's steps. What is the attraction pulling him into this tradition? The power of bulls and nature? Or the father's job? This documentary follows a bull and a bullfighter, from their birth to their dramatic encounter in the bull-ring. The bull, a huge animal that has been specially bred and thoroughly looked after during 4 years, enters the bullring without knowing the fate that awaits him. His weapons are his breed, fierceness and his horns. The bullfighter is a young man, Alejandro, son of master Luis Francisco Espla, who has delayed his retirement until Alejandro, 24, is ready to become a matador. Will he achieve so? That's the proposal of German director Michael Meert.—Anonymous
- This film follows veteran bullfighter Luis Francisco Espla, a real artist not only on the arena, but also in the fields of philosophy and painting, when announcing his retirement and giving way to his young son Alejandro, who tries to open his own style after having realized his vocation during university studies in NYC. Becoming a matador after 24 is already a challenge, but under the Espla surname and in the present context, seems an impossible task. This film searches in the intimate feelings and relationship, while proposing a reflexion about heroes, mythical animals and millenary traditions still surviving in Europe. A personal project by a prestigious German director, Michael Meert, with a solid background in the making of successful films in the fields of music, history and culture. The two protagonists are shown on the screen with all the emotion, magic, strength and visual impact they can convey, ignoring any comments or intellectual explanations but paying special attention to striking sound effects and including an exclusive soundtrack by experienced composer Antonio Meliveo which plays a reference to Miles Davis' Sketches of Spain.—Hergueta, José Antonio
- Is it possible to teach an artist's secrets? How does a father transfer his art to a son of his? Is it something you can learn? And, if this art was bullfighting, does it make any sense? At the beginning of the 21st century, fighting bulls in the arena seems so opposite to our society - and, still, young Alejandro Espla is willing to follow his father's steps. What is the attraction pulling him into this tradition? The power of bulls and nature? Or the father's job?—Hergueta, José Antonio
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