Released
Taurophilia
August 8 2022 (about 2 years ago)Rating
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- Director: Francesco Montagner
- Writer: Francesco Montagner
- Genre: Documentary
- Runtime: 15 m
- Countries: Czech Republic, Slovakia
- Companies: Analog Vision, Artichoke, FAMU
Through rhythmic re-composition of fragmented images, semi-surreal situations are explored in a documentary style of observation of a man's obsession with a powerful animal, the black horned bull, and the Spanish process of taxidermy through which he attempts to embody its beauty and strength, turning into a Minotaur. The subdued basement space in which the man meticulously studies the motionless flesh of the animal is preceded by a sunlit, empty arena in Spain, the stage in which the bull is presented in its full glory before facing man.