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La cosa nuestra (2006)

Genre : Drama, Documentary

Runtime : 16M

Director : María Cañas

Synopsis

La Cosa Nuestra is a journey to the most hidden and surreal face of the bovid-bullfighting universe. Fun and tremendous, operating in iconographic cannibalism. It is a work that shows another reading of the national holiday, demystifying it. Confronts the Spanish bullfighting culture with the visions and uses of the bull in other civilizations. This video creation immerses itself in the aesthetic, ritual and cultural universe of the world of bullfighting, rebuilding it critically, but at the same time with healthy irony.

Actors

Luis Gordo
Luis Gordo
Voice

Crews

María Cañas
María Cañas
Director
María Cañas
María Cañas
Writer
María Cañas
María Cañas
Idea
María Cañas
María Cañas
Documentation & Support
Luis Gordo
Luis Gordo
Documentation & Support
Luis Gordo
Luis Gordo
Vocals
Laila Escartín
Laila Escartín
Translator
Guillermo García
Guillermo García
Editor
Guillermo García
Guillermo García
Post Producer
Samuel Arquellada
Samuel Arquellada
Editor
Samuel Arquellada
Samuel Arquellada
Co-Director
María Cañas
María Cañas
Producer

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La cosa nuestra
La Cosa Nuestra is a journey to the most hidden and surreal face of the bovid-bullfighting universe. Fun and tremendous, operating in iconographic cannibalism. It is a work that shows another reading of the national holiday, demystifying it. Confronts the Spanish bullfighting culture with the visions and uses of the bull in other civilizations. This video creation immerses itself in the aesthetic, ritual and cultural universe of the world of bullfighting, rebuilding it critically, but at the same time with healthy irony.