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Manolete (film)
2008 Spanish film
Manolete, also known as The Passion Within in the United Kingdom, Blood and Passion in Canada, and A Matador's Mistress in the United States,[2] is a 2008 biopic of bullfighterManuel Laureano Rodríguez Sánchez, better known as "Manolete". The film was written and directed by Menno Meyjes. This is the first film from HandMade Films since Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998).
Plot
[edit]The Menno Meyjes directed drama stars Adrien Brody as Spanish bullfighter Manolete, in a film that covers his late life love affair with actress Lupe Sino (Penélope Cruz) before he was gored to death in the bull ring. Sino's communist politics turned their affair into a scandal in the early 1940s, especially after discovering her previous marriage to a PCE member.[3] The film begins with Manolete's last day in Linares.
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[edit]The film premiered on 28 August 2008 in the Toronto International Film Festival.[4]
Despite a planned release date of 2007, the film faced several production delays and a spiralling budget. Although it was scheduled for a theatrical release in France on 31 March 2010,[5] Deadline's Mike Fleming reported that, "Even though the film stars two Os
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Ladies from the five local Women’s Institutions enjoyed an evening with Menno Meyjes a Dutch-born screenwriter, film director and producer on Monday 27th April.
Menno entertained the Weavers Group of WI with his life story. Menno Meyjes is best known for his screenplay of the 1985 film ‘The Colour Purple’ adapted from the novel by Alice Walker, directed by Steven Spielberg. In 1989 he gained recognition for co-writing ‘Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade’ with George Lucas.
Menno gave up the bright lights of Hollywood for the wonderful West Country where he lives locally with his wife and three children.
Menno kindly donated his fee to charity.
Three members of Dilton Marsh WI provided further entrainment reading hilarious poems including ‘Petey the Snake and the hissing pit’. Fabulous homemade cakes were provided by Bratton WI.
If you are interested in joining a local WI group details can be found at www.thewi.org.uk/wiltshire or ring 01380 739340.
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Meyjes returns sunny for The Dinner adaptation
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