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2008 Spanish film

Manolete, also known as The Passion Within in the United Kingdom, Blood and Passion in Canada, and A Matador's Mistress in the United States,^[2] is a 2008 biopic of bullfighterManuel Laureano Rodríguez Sánchez, better known as "Manolete".

The film was written and directed by Menno Meyjes. This is the first film from HandMade Films since Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998).

Manolete (film) - Wikipedia

Plot

The Menno Meyjes directed drama stars Adrien Brody as Spanish bullfighter Manolete, in a film that covers his late life love affair with actress Lupe Sino (Penélope Cruz) before he was gored to death in the bull ring. Sino's communist politics turned their affair into a scandal in the early 1940s, especially after discovering her previous marriage to a PCE member.^[3] The film begins with Manolete's last day in Linares.

Cast

Release

The film premiered on 28 August 2008 in the Toronto International Film Festival. ^{Category:Films with screenplays by Menno Meyjes - Wikipedia KYTU}