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  • 2006
  • Cinema Tropical
  • 1 h 27 m
  • 2006
  • Cinema Tropical
  • 1 h 27 m

Summary Fernando Pacheco, aka El Suicida, is a young bullfighter who doesn't fight in the great arenas of Mexico, but rather in the popular festivals of the small Mayan communities of the Yucatan Peninsula. With unbelievable, and at times disturbing, closeness, documentary filmmakers González-Rubio and Carlos Armella follow Pacheco's life in and...

Directed By: Carlos Armella, Pedro González-Rubio

  • 2006
  • Cinema Tropical
  • 1 h 27 m
  • 2006
  • Cinema Tropical
  • 1 h 27 m

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Summary Fernando Pacheco, aka El Suicida, is a young bullfighter who doesn't fight in the great arenas of Mexico, but rather in the popular festivals of the small Mayan communities of the Yucatan Peninsula. With unbelievable, and at times disturbing, closeness, documentary filmmakers González-Rubio and Carlos Armella follow Pacheco's life in and...

Directed By: Carlos Armella, Pedro González-Rubio

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As his story emerges-rape, assault, manslaughter, prison, and torrential self- destruction-it becomes clear that Pacheco is some kind of sociopath, and the movie evolves into a monstrous portrait of economic annihilation on the outskirts of the global village.
By Michael Atkinson FULL REVIEW
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Aimless direction and subject's self-destructiveness add up to a long, unpleasant sit.
By Eddie Cockrell FULL REVIEW
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An unflinching look at bullfighting and debasement in the Yucatán Peninsula - will entail witnessing animal torture and death. And that's not the worst of it.
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Production Company Acargo Producciones
Release Date Mar 30, 2006
Duration 1 h 27 m
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Awards

Nantes Three Continents Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
San Sebastián International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Havana Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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