What is it about bullfighting that captures the Spanish audience?
What is its significance and its appeal? Carrasco: Bullfighting is a show. It’s a spectacle. It’s entertainment, in a certain way, like a soccer game or the opera. But it’s more complex than that, too. And what happens can be very unexpected, because there is a possibility that the bullfighter can die. It’s the only spectacle where you can see life and death right there. POV: Our image of the matador is a romantic but very masculine figure. How does a woman carve out an identity in what is seen as a traditionally masculine sport? What is the passion that drives women to be matadors? Cubero: I think all matadors when they’re in front of a bull can really express their true personalities. Through making the film, we realized that women want to be matadors for the same reasons that men do. That was a huge discovery for us, as filmmakers. There’s something in the ring that really makes gender dissipate. The technique and the dance are the same for women as they are for men. They are in the
