Sanlucar la Mayor You will once again feel the intimate and mysterious pulse of Juan Garcia “Mondino” the next Wednesday 3 Decemberwhen Municipal Cultural Center Open your doors, in 7:30 pmto host the presentation … From the documentary “Mondino, the mysterious bullfighter”. A work that harkens back to one of the most unique figures in contemporary bullfighting, returning, almost as an offering, to the city where the maestro decided to put down roots and rest forever.
After the premiere in Seville and passing through Peña “Baquero” in Chiclana, the choice of Sanlucar was not random. Here, on his municipal farm, Mondinho found refuge, silence, and companionship next to Ralph BeegerHis romantic partner and the narrative focus of the film. Here he lived his last seasons between calm and light, alternating in this corner of Seville with Paris, the city where the bullfighter also wrote part of his most intimate autobiography.
Documentary film, signed Juan Belmont and Rogelio M. GordoIt proposes a quiet and profound journey through the life of a man who was never satisfied with being just a bullfighter. Because Mondinho, with her own mass and her personal way of breathing the square, was considered the bridge between Manoleti and Jose Tomás. A bullfighter ahead of his time, in form and content, inside and outside the ring.
His existence took an unexpected turn when he ascended the throne of ranks. I felt God’s call I decided to join the Dominican community. Then the whole country witnessed, with astonishment and respect, the image of the wrestler with the ascetic look changing the spotlight for the custom, which is the episode that… node It spread as one of the social events of the Franco era.
The film restores his voice, his memories, and his way of explaining himself about life: Taurus, Faith and Love, those three peaks that supported his world. Her story is woven with unpublished photographs, depictions of symbolic missions and testimonies from colleagues such as… RomeroWhich helps in rebuilding the character of a man who has always lived on the border between the earthly and the spiritual.
At the end of the show, the theater will host a round table in which they will participate Juan Belmonte, José León, Ralph Bünger And the killer David de Mirandawhich will provide the audience with a comprehensive and up-close look at the teacher’s legacy.
The documentary will be broadcast soon on Sur TV channela series she co-produced that will bring the story of the unrepeatable bullfighter into Andalusian homes.