And for lovers of this infamous, seductive, friendly Spanish, and many other things, well, here «Manolete ». Penelope Cruz, together with Adrien Brody, Safe Santiago y Juan Echanove, in this, the last film by Menno Meyjes, who also wrote the script.
In co-production Spain-United Kingdom This film was made in 2006, and it was kept waiting until February of this year.
It tells the story of Manolete, a bullfighter who revolutionized the art of bullfighting in the Spanish postwar period, and who also fell madly in love with the actress Lupe Sino, defying the strict conventions of the time.
It was Manolete who became a national symbol, while she, for having stolen his heart, achieved a revolution in her womb of such height that her love could not help but end tragically in the Linares bullring, in Jaén.
A story that I like, and that could not help but remind me of the passionate story of my beloved artists, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. Of those that are to cry in the end ...