Movie
Matador
Overview
A conflicted youth confesses to crimes he didn't commit while a man and woman aroused by death become obsessed with each other.
Details
- Release date
- 1986-03-07
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Compañía Iberoamericana de TV, TVE
- Country
- Spain
- Original language
- ES
Cast
- Assumpta Serna as María
- Antonio Banderas as Ángel
- Nacho Martínez as Diego
- Eva Cobo as Eva
- Julieta Serrano as Berta
- Chus Lampreave as Pilar
- Carmen Maura as Julia
- Eusebio Poncela as Police Commissioner
- Bibiana Fernández as Flower Seller
- Luis Ciges as Guard
- Eva Siva as Assistant
- Verónica Forqué as Journalist
Crew
- Pedro Almodóvar - Director
- Jesús Ferrero - Screenplay
- Pedro Almodóvar - Screenplay
- Pedro Almodóvar - Story
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