The Moment of Truth

The Moment of Truth, from director Francesco Rosi is a visceral plunge into the life of a famous torero--played by real-life bullfighting legend Miguel Mateo, known as Miguelin. Charting his rise and fall with a single-minded focus on the bloody business at hand, the film is at once gritty and operatic, placing the viewer right in the thick of the ring's action, as close to death as possible. (Criterion Collection)