Taurophilia
MovieTitle | Asterión |
User score | 4.5 |
Release date | Aug 8, 2022 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Francesco Montagner |
Production country | Czech Republic, Slovakia |
Production companies | Analog Vision, Artichoke, FAMU |
Run time | 15 min. |
Through rhythmic re-composition of fragmented images, semi-surreal situations are explored in a documentary style of observation of a man's obsession with a powerful animal, the black horned bull, and the Spanish process of taxidermy through which he attempts to embody its beauty and strength, turning into a Minotaur. The subdued basement space in which the man meticulously studies the motionless flesh of the animal is preceded by a sunlit, empty arena in Spain, the stage in which the bull is presented in its full glory before facing man.