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Antonio Banderas plays a confused young man, filled with self doubt and insecurity unable to see blood without fainting, still a virgin and tormented by his devout, overbearing and sanctimonious mother. The doubt expressed about his heterosexuality by his morbidly obsessed bullfighting teacher leads to a string of unfortunate events. Banderas's character tries and fails to rape the girlfriend of his tutor resulting in further humiliation and self doubt which leads to his confessing to numerous murders he didn't commit.
With the introduction of a sexy defence attourney, who is equally morbidly obsessed as the matador the plot becomes burdened with trying to unravel itself to a resonably predictable ending, and despite some moments of brilliance both with the script and the film making, it fails to shock in the way it was intended.
Sex and violence are the central tenets here and the relationship between bullfighting and both is explored, bringing the conclusion that both matador and afficionado, having made it such a part of their lives, are unable to live with or without death.
There's a simplicity to the story that belies Almodovars brilliance and I'd certainly say that after making this he went on to greater things. However, while it's not for the faint hearted or squeamish, and there are many flaws in the story
as a whole, it still knocks seven bells out of most of Hollywoods output.
The film is elusive and with a reasonably provokative sex scene early on (probably within the first five minutes) it is quite possible to get the wrong end of the stick with the storyline.
The film deals very much with the Spanish Matador culture and bullfighting, but also it deals with an absolutely massive cult subject of death as it deals with two characters that are fascinated by it. The first; a retired/crippled Matador who was once a legend in his time who is literally aroused by death, and the other a high-class female solicitor who has a similar impression of death although she takes a more hands-on approach. Antonio Bandaras does stumble his way through the film playing a contemporary perspective of a man, though he really is uneccessary to the plot.
This is a great work of Spanish art and the passion that they have towards film. Do not be inhibited by the 18 certificate.
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