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"Mit der Lizenz zum Töten"
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"WITH A LICENCE TO KILL" After Seville, the "feria" in Nimes, in the south of France is the largest festival of bullfight in the Mediterranean. Bullfights take place daily in Nimes´ arena . Top Spanish matadors, mounted and novice matadors, novilleros take part. Public interest in this event is enormous and the arena, seating 16.000 is sold out for the whole period. The streets of Nimes are filled with cultural activity: musicians from all over the world, flamenco dancers, theatre, art exibitions etc. In the evenings hundreds of bodegas open their doors and pastice flows freely. In this film, we meet some of the protagonists of the spectacle, among them Marie-Sara Bourseiller, the only torera to appear in the larger arenas around the world, and the Spanish novillero Antonio Borrero Chamaco, at age eighteen young as many of his fans, who call him "Kamikaze-Kid" .. two of a few dozen licensed matadores ( spanish for "killers" ) to appear in one of only 31 French towns and cities where the animal protection law does not apply. We follow them and thousands of aficionados through the streets of Nimes and into the ancient arena. We have the chance to watch and to question many of the people involved in the renaissance of a ritual which origins can be traced back as far as the history of that arena, a weathered ruin built by the Romans 2000 years ago. Programm length: 48 Minutes BETA SP Stereo. Complete soundtrack composed and recorded for the film |
