''¡Torero!'' (
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: "bullfighter!") is a 1956 Mexican
documentary film
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directed by
Carlos Velo
Carlos Velo (15 November 1909 – 10 March 1988) was a Spanish film director. He directed 45 films between 1934 and 1983. His 1956 film '' Torero!'' was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
Selected filmography
* '' ...
about Mexican
bullfighter
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Luis Procuna
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. It was nominated for an
Academy Award
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for
Best Documentary Feature
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.
The film was also selected as the Mexican entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film
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at the
30th Academy Awards
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, but was not accepted as a nominee.
[Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]
Cast
*
Luis Procuna
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as himself
*
Consuelo Procuna as herself
*
Ángel Procuna
*
Antonio Sevilia
*
José Farjat
*
Arturo Fregoso
*
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*
Paco Malgesto
*
Manolete
Manuel Laureano Rodríguez Sánchez (4 July 1917 – 29 August 1947), known as Manolete, was a Spanish bullfighter.
Career
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as himself
*
Carlos Arruza as himself
*
Luis Briones
''Los lobos'' () is a 2019 Mexican family drama film directed by Samuel Kishi, and written by Kishi, Luis Briones, and Sofía Gómez-Córdova.
''Los lobos'' is Kishi's second film, which is semi-autobiographical and partially based upon Kishi's ...
as himself
*
Manuel Dos Santos as himself
* Luís Castro as himself (as El Soldado)
*
Lorenzo Garza
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as himself
* José Laurentino López Rodriguez as Novillero Joselillo
*
Dolores del Río
María de los Dolores Asúnsolo y López Negrete (3 August 1904 – 11 April 1983), known professionally as Dolores del Río (), was a Mexican actress. With a career spanning more than 50 years, she is regarded as the first major female Latin Am ...
as Guest
*
Miroslava as herself
See also
*
*
List of Mexican submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
External links
*
1956 films
1956 documentary films
1950s Spanish-language films
Mexican documentary films
Black-and-white documentary films
Films directed by Carlos Velo
Bullfighting films
1950s Mexican films
Mexican black-and-white films
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