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Los años Arruza
1996 | B/N | 57:00
In 1960, the American filmmaker Budd Boetticher arrived in Mexico to direct Arruza, a semi-documentary feature film about the popular Mexican bullfighter Carlos Arruza. The production process, which took more than ten years, may be among the longest and most complicated in the history of cinema. In this documentary, Boetticher discusses and confronts the images and memories of that chaotic adventure.

Country: México, Francia
Direction: Maillé; Emilio
Script: Maillé; Emilio, Delay; Florence
Production: Pacheco; Morelba, Maillé; Emilio, Lepetit; Jean-francois
Photography: Pérez Grobet; Xavier
Sound: Espinoza; Gabriela
Music: Rocha; Manuel
Cast:Boetticher; Budd , Vázquez; Mary Carmen, Cárdenas; Elsa, Rosales; Jorge, Delay; Florence, Marthouret; François
Art direction: Pecanins; Marisa, Pecanins; Beba
Participation year at FICM: 2026

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