El perro de un torero

Sandra Romero

Un impulso colectivo - Curts Spain 17 min Catalan premiere Fiction

Synopsis

In the abandoned bullring of Ecija, Jesus, an eleven-year-old boy, plays football. He and his friends spend the afternoon inventing new ways to pass the time. But that afternoon is going to be different: he is going to kill a man. Left behind by his mates, Jesús starts to abandon his childhood to enter an adult world that he is not yet ready to understand.

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Themes

Spanish CinemaShort FilmFemale DirectorDramaChildhood

Filmmaker

Sandra Romero

She studied Journalism at the University of Seville and later Cinema at ECAM. Her graduation short film, Una habitación propia, premiered at the Seville Film Festival, and her following short film, Por donde pasa el silencio, premiered at Medina del Campo, Inside Out Toronto and Malaga Film Festival, where it received a Silver Biznaga award. She is currently developing her first feature film.

Filmography: A Bullfighter's Dog (short film, 2022, D'A 2023), Por donde pasa el silencio (short film, 2020), Una habitación propia (short film, 2018), Cenizas (short film, 2017)

Sandra Romero

Film information

Int. title: A Bullfighter's Dog
Director: Sandra Romero
Script: Sandra Romero
Contact: Marvin & Wayne
Country: Spain
Year: 2022
Format: Digital
Length: 17 min
Language: Spanish

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El perro de un torero