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Edited on Thu Oct-07-04 06:49 PM by The Backlash Cometh
I'm hoping this movie aired in the U.S. I saw it overseas when I was young and it made an impression. It came to mind recently because my daughter was intrigued with the horror of bullfighting, which was a very intregal part of the movie. It could have been a Mexican or Spanish movie since that's where bullfighting is commonly practiced.
The short notes: A young peasant boy is allowed to raise a bull and it becomes his pet. The bull eventually matures and the father of the boy, needing money, sells the bull without the boy's permission. The boy can't accept that his pet is gone, so he runs away to the big city to find his bull -- and I believe he even manages to get clemency for the bull, but the clemency comes too late. He makes it to the bullfighting arena just as the bullfight begins and the boy watches as they dig the spikes into his full grown, pet bull. But before the matador can sink the final sword into the animal, the boy jumps into the arena and runs toward the bull.
Of course, everyone in the arena is in shock and you hear a collective gasp. But the boy walks steadfast to his pet. For a moment, you get the feeling that the animal is in too much pain to recognize him, but, it has a Hollywood ending and the boy wraps his arms around his pet's neck and walks him out of the arena. No one stops them.
Does anybody remember the movie? Is it available at the video stores?
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