Hacer La Luna (To Make the Moon)
Synopsis
The film focuses on one Spanish boy, Jorge Contreras, and his efforts to become a bullfighter. Jorge is helped mostly by his father, who has always dreamt of becoming a torero himself. The relationship between father and son tells us a lot. Not only about bullfighting and Spain, but also about courage, freedom, killing and Oedipus.
Details
- Year
- 2004
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 29 mins 45 secs
- Format
- DigiBeta
- Director
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Joost Van der Valk
- Producer
- Dick Fontaine
- Editor
- Tom Harrison-Read
- Screenwriter
- Joost Van der Valk
- Director of Photography
- James Morton-Haworth
- Sound
- Fiona Sobral Greene
- Composer
- Ramon Ruiz, Maunuel de Cadiz
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
National Film and Television School
Beaconsfield StudiosStation Road, Beaconsfield
Bucks HP9 1LG
UK
T+44 (0)1494 731457
Sales Company
National Film and Television School
Beaconsfield StudiosStation Road, Beaconsfield
Bucks HP9 1LG
UK
T+44 (0)1494 731457
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