Animal | Human
2024·Drama·1h 32m
7.1
★
An Italian boy dreams of becoming a bullfighter. In the sunny Andalusian pasture, a calf is born destined to be a fighting bull. Humans and animals grow up in totally different worlds, but their lives reflect each other. Only in the end will they meet.
Directed by Alessandro Pugno
IMDB
N/A
Cast
Guillermo Bedward
Matteo
Antonio Estrada
Augusto
Silvia Degrandi
Cristina
Brontis Jodorowsky
Eduardo Tejera
Marco Cáceres
Diego
Antonio Dechent
Santiago
Paola Sotgiu
Carla
Carlos Bernardino
Crew
José Alba
Producer
Julia Begines Moguer
Assistant Director Trainee
Popular Reviews
2 reviews
Del
7.1★ · 11/05/23
I THINK THEY DID IT BUT I JUST CAN'T PROVE IT...
I THINK THEY DID IT BUT I JUST CAN'T PROVE IT...
Val
7.0★ · 11/05/23
Humans and animals are more alike than what we want to believe.
Are all the trivial and mundane things we consider to be human not another facade of our dehumanizing nature? That's what this film goes for at all times.
From a child having to live a rude and cruel childhood, being bullied by other kids while his parents worked at a death cask company. To a mother dying and the boy only longing for people to cheer with him, may that be on his dying bed.
On the other hand, we have a young bull, one that's been separated by chance from all the others by decision of the owner. Getting to the conclusion that since the father was a coward then the genes would transmit that cowardness...
Sometimes, as humans we are more "animals" than the animals themselve, but when seen economically speaking the owner makes a point, and it's hard taking it in
From the scenes perspective, a very narrow film, with half the body shots and american shots being used. The main actor shines incredibly and the young bulls, bulls and cows were staged superbly. Definitely in a way that sparked my eye.
In a pacing that felt slow, but at the same time steady it was wonderfully staged as the definition for both human and animal played as chapters.
In a saddening film that makes us debate ourselves between the right and wrong of morality I argue to have found this film surprisingly good, wasn't amazed by the cinematography per se but was immediately hooked by the argument.
Mar del plata film festival #2
Are all the trivial and mundane things we consider to be human not another facade of our dehumanizing nature? That's what this film goes for at all times.
From a child having to live a rude and cruel childhood, being bullied by other kids while his parents worked at a death cask company. To a mother dying and the boy only longing for people to cheer with him, may that be on his dying bed.
On the other hand, we have a young bull, one that's been separated by chance from all the others by decision of the owner. Getting to the conclusion that since the father was a coward then the genes would transmit that cowardness...
Sometimes, as humans we are more "animals" than the animals themselve, but when seen economically speaking the owner makes a point, and it's hard taking it in
From the scenes perspective, a very narrow film, with half the body shots and american shots being used. The main actor shines incredibly and the young bulls, bulls and cows were staged superbly. Definitely in a way that sparked my eye.
In a pacing that felt slow, but at the same time steady it was wonderfully staged as the definition for both human and animal played as chapters.
In a saddening film that makes us debate ourselves between the right and wrong of morality I argue to have found this film surprisingly good, wasn't amazed by the cinematography per se but was immediately hooked by the argument.
Mar del plata film festival #2
Humans and animals are more alike than what we want to believe.
Are all the trivial and mundane things we consider to be human not another facade of our dehumanizing nature? That's what this film goes for at all times.
From a child having to live a rude and cruel childhood, being bullied by other kids while his parents worked at a death cask company. To a mother dying and the boy only longing for people to cheer with him, may that be on his dying bed.
On the other hand, we have a young bull, one that's been separated by chance from all the others by decision of the owner. Getting to the conclusion that since the father was a coward then the genes would transmit that cowardness...
Sometimes, as humans we are more "animals" than the animals themselve, but when seen economically speaking the owner makes a point, and it's hard taking it in
From the scenes perspective, a very narrow film, with half the body shots and american shots being used. The main actor shines incredibly and the young bulls, bulls and cows were staged superbly. Definitely in a way that sparked my eye.
In a pacing that felt slow, but at the same time steady it was wonderfully staged as the definition for both human and animal played as chapters.
In a saddening film that makes us debate ourselves between the right and wrong of morality I argue to have found this film surprisingly good, wasn't amazed by the cinematography per se but was immediately hooked by the argument.
Mar del plata film festival #2
Are all the trivial and mundane things we consider to be human not another facade of our dehumanizing nature? That's what this film goes for at all times.
From a child having to live a rude and cruel childhood, being bullied by other kids while his parents worked at a death cask company. To a mother dying and the boy only longing for people to cheer with him, may that be on his dying bed.
On the other hand, we have a young bull, one that's been separated by chance from all the others by decision of the owner. Getting to the conclusion that since the father was a coward then the genes would transmit that cowardness...
Sometimes, as humans we are more "animals" than the animals themselve, but when seen economically speaking the owner makes a point, and it's hard taking it in
From the scenes perspective, a very narrow film, with half the body shots and american shots being used. The main actor shines incredibly and the young bulls, bulls and cows were staged superbly. Definitely in a way that sparked my eye.
In a pacing that felt slow, but at the same time steady it was wonderfully staged as the definition for both human and animal played as chapters.
In a saddening film that makes us debate ourselves between the right and wrong of morality I argue to have found this film surprisingly good, wasn't amazed by the cinematography per se but was immediately hooked by the argument.
Mar del plata film festival #2