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Piero Piccioni

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1) The moment of truth

Series

Criterion collection volume 595

Publisher

The Criterion Collection

Pub. Date

c2012

Physical Desc

1 videodisc (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([17] p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.).

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"[A] visceral plunge into the life of a famous torero played by real-life bullfighting legend Miguel Mateo, known as Miguelin. Charting his rise and fall with a single-minded focus on the bloody business at hand, the film is at once gritty and operatic, placing the viewer right in the thick of the ring's action, as close to death as possible. ... [T]his is a not just an electrifying drama but also a profound and moving inquiry into a violent world...