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The Moment of Truth (Il momento della verità), from director Francesco Rosi, is a visceral plunge into the life of a famous torero—played by real-life bullfighting legend Miguel Mateo, known as Miguelín. Charting his rise and fall with a single-minded focus on the bloody business at hand, the film is at once gritty and operatic, placing the viewer right in the thick of the ring’s action, as close to death as possible. Like all of the great Italian truth seeker’s films, this is not just an electrifying drama but also a profound and moving inquiry into a violent world—and it’s perhaps the greatest bullfighting movie ever made.
Original Release
03/03/1965
US Release
03/09/1965
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Miguel Mateo 'Miguelín' | Miguel Romero 'Miguelín' / Il matador |
José Gómez Sevillano | Impresario / L'apoderado |
Pedro Basauri 'Pedrucho' | Self / Il "Maestro" |
Linda Christian | Linda, American woman |
Luque Gago | La cuadrilla del matador #1 |
Salvador Mateo | La cuadrilla del matador #2 |
Manuel Ruiz Serrana | La cuadrilla del matador #3 |
Francisco Caño | La cuadrilla del matador #4 |
José Rodríguez Matia | La cuadrilla del matador #5 / La caudrilla del matador #5 |
Manolo Pérez Moratilla | La cuadrilla del matador #6 / La caudrilla del matador #6 |
Directors
Writers
Pedro Beltrán, Ricardo Muñoz Suay, Pere Portabella, Francesco Rosi
Cast
Name | Character |
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Miguel Mateo 'Miguelín' | Miguel Romero 'Miguelín' / Il matador |
José Gómez Sevillano | Impresario / L'apoderado |
Pedro Basauri 'Pedrucho' | Self / Il "Maestro" |
Linda Christian | Linda, American woman |
Luque Gago | La cuadrilla del matador #1 |
Salvador Mateo | La cuadrilla del matador #2 |
Manuel Ruiz Serrana | La cuadrilla del matador #3 |
Francisco Caño | La cuadrilla del matador #4 |
José Rodríguez Matia | La cuadrilla del matador #5 / La caudrilla del matador #5 |
Manolo Pérez Moratilla | La cuadrilla del matador #6 / La caudrilla del matador #6 |
Curro Carmona | |
Gregorio Sánchez |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Francesco Rosi | Producer |
Tonino Cervi | Producer |
Antonio Levesi Cervi | Producer |
Angelo Rizzoli | Producer |