Matador

After being injured in the ring by a raging bull, Diego retires from bullfighting and opens a school for matadors. One of his students is Ángel. When Diego dismisses Ángel’s masculinity, Ángel attacks his neighbor—unaware that she is Diego’s mistress. The assault fails, Ángel confesses to crimes he never committed, and a lawyer named María comes to his aid, her icy temperament reflected in the way she skewers men in her bed. Almodóvar spins these figures into a heady blend of black comedy and social farce, mixing sex and death, machismo and impotence into a provocative, exhilarating film bursting with color, polish, and confidence.