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Matador (1986)

★ 6.7 · 296 ratings on TMDB
Matador poster★ 6.7

A conflicted youth confesses to crimes he didn't commit while a man and woman aroused by death become obsessed with each other.

DirectorPedro Almodóvar
CastAntonio Banderas, Assumpta Serna, Bibiana Fernández, Carmen Maura, Chus Lampreave, Eusebio Poncela
GenresDrama, Thriller
The emergence reading

Matador keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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