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1956 film

Afternoon of the Bulls
Italian poster
Directed by	Ladislao Vajda
Written by	Julio Coll José Santugini Manuel Tamayo
Starring	Manuel Arbó
Cinematography	Heinrich Gärtner
Edited by	Julio Peña
Release date	24 February 1956 (1956-02-24)
Running time	75 minutes
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

Afternoon of the Bulls (Spanish: Tarde de toros) is a 1956 Spanish drama film directed by Ladislao Vajda. It was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. The film was selected as the Spanish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 29th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.

Plot

In the bullring of Las Ventas, in Madrid, four parallel stories are shown in the film: the senior bullfighter Ricardo Puente breaks up with his lover Paloma; the winner of the day, Juan Carmona is barely hurt by a bull because he is haunted with the notice of a new baby; Rondeño II is afraid of the bulls and afraid of the wedding with his girlfriend Ana María; finally, an innocent amateur torero dies on the sand.

Selected cast

Manuel Arbó as Vecino de la actriz
Rafael Bardem as Amigo 1º
Félix Dafauce as Médico de la plaza
José Isbert as Don Felipe
Manolo Morán as Jiménez
Antonio Prieto as Enterado 1º
Jesús Tordesillas as Luis Montes
Juan Calvo as Don Cesar

References

"Festival de Cannes: Afternoon of the Bulls". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 8 February 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2009.

External links

Afternoon of the Bulls at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Ladislao Vajda
Where Is This Lady? (1932) Hello, Budapest! (1935) Wings Over Africa (1936) The Man Under the Bridge (1936) Sensation (1936) Three Dragons (1936) The Wife of General Ling (1937) The Borrowed Castle (1937) My Daughter Is Different (1937) Black Diamonds (1938) Rézi Friday (1938) Magda Expelled (1938) A Palace for Sale (1942) Three Mirrors (1947) Call of the Blood (1948) Golden Madonna (1949) The Woman with No Name (1950) The Seventh Page (1951) Spanish Serenade (1952) Doña Francisquita (1952) Condemned to Hang (1953) Adventures of the Barber of Seville (1954) Miracle of Marcelino (1955) Afternoon of the Bulls (1956) Uncle Hyacynth (1956) The Man Who Wagged His Tail (1957) It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958) The Man Who Walked Through the Wall (1959) The Shadows Grow Longer (1961) The Lightship (1963) A Nearly Decent Girl (1963)

Films directed by Ladislao Vajda

Where Is This Lady? (1932)
Hello, Budapest! (1935)
Wings Over Africa (1936)
The Man Under the Bridge (1936)
Sensation (1936)
Three Dragons (1936)
The Wife of General Ling (1937)
The Borrowed Castle (1937)
My Daughter Is Different (1937)
Black Diamonds (1938)
Rézi Friday (1938)
Magda Expelled (1938)
A Palace for Sale (1942)
Three Mirrors (1947)
Call of the Blood (1948)
Golden Madonna (1949)
The Woman with No Name (1950)
The Seventh Page (1951)
Spanish Serenade (1952)
Doña Francisquita (1952)
Condemned to Hang (1953)
Adventures of the Barber of Seville (1954)
Miracle of Marcelino (1955)
Afternoon of the Bulls (1956)
Uncle Hyacynth (1956)
The Man Who Wagged His Tail (1957)
It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958)
The Man Who Walked Through the Wall (1959)
The Shadows Grow Longer (1961)
The Lightship (1963)
A Nearly Decent Girl (1963)

v t e Spanish submissions for Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
1956–1960	Afternoon of the Bulls (1956) High Street (1957) Vengeance (1958) At Five O'Clock in the Afternoon (1960)
1961–1980	Plácido (1961) Dulcinea (1962) Los Tarantos (1963) The Girl in Mourning (1964) La Tía Tula (1965) Bewitched Love (1967) Spain Again (1968) The Wanton of Spain (1969) Tristana (1970) Marta (1971) My Dearest Senorita (1972) Habla, mudita (1973) La prima Angélica (1974) Poachers (1975) Raise Ravens (1976) That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) Sleepwalkers (1978) Mama Turns 100 (1979) The Nest (1980)
1981–2000	National Heritage (1981) Begin the Beguine (1982) Carmen (1983) Sesión continua (1984) The Witching Hour (1985) Half of Heaven (1986) Course Completed (1987) Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) Love, Hate and Death (1989) ¡Ay Carmela! (1990) High Heels (1991) The Fencing Master (1992) Belle Époque (1993) Cradle Song (1994) The Flower of My Secret (1995) Bwana (1996) Secrets of the Heart (1997) The Grandfather (1998) All About My Mother (1999) You're the One (2000)
2001–2020	Mad Love (2001) Mondays in the Sun (2002) Soldiers of Salamina (2003) The Sea Inside (2004) Obaba (2005) Volver (2006) The Orphanage (2007) The Blind Sunflowers (2008) The Dancer and the Thief (2009) Even the Rain (2010) Black Bread (2011) Blancanieves (2012) 15 Years and One Day (2013) Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed (2014) Loreak (2015) Julieta (2016) Summer 1993 (2017) Champions (2018) Pain and Glory (2019) The Endless Trench (2020)
2021–present	The Good Boss (2021) Alcarràs (2022) Society of the Snow (2023) Saturn Return (2024)

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