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Matador (1986)

Directed by Pedro Almodóvar · Cinematography by Ángel Luis Fernández

NC-17110 min54 frames

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Matador (1986) movie still: wide — A narrow nocturnal urban street is filled with mounds of dirt and refuse containers. Two individuals are…Matador (1986) movie still: medium — An interior space features a large mural of a mounted rider on the back wall. Two men stand close together in…Matador (1986) movie still: medium — A tiled bathroom features a sink with brass fixtures and a large wall mirror. The subject faces the mirror…Matador (1986) movie still: medium — A person stands behind a door with distorted, translucent textured glass panels. The figure in a blue shirt…Matador (1986) movie still: closeup — An interior space features a solid red wall behind a young man. The man stares directly into the camera lens…Matador (1986) movie still: fullbody — A tiled bathroom with pink accessories and an open shower head above a tub. A nude man sits on the side of…Matador (1986) movie still: closeup — A dimly lit room features white vertical iron bars dividing the frame. A woman with dark hair looks towards an…Matador (1986) movie still: closeup — A woman appears through a fluted privacy glass door panel. The vertical texture of the glass distorts her…Matador (1986) movie still: closeup — An interior space with blurred ornate wrought iron detail visible through a window. A woman looks forward…Matador (1986) movie still: medium — A crowded dressing room features rack of clothes in the background and bright artificial lights. A woman in a…Matador (1986) movie still: medium — An outdoor paved plaza with stone walls and architectural details in the background. A man stands in the middle…Matador (1986) movie still: medium — An urban sidewalk with a concrete balustrade and blurred apartment buildings in the background. A man in a suit…Matador (1986) movie still: closeup — An outdoor setting with out-of-focus greenery and warm sunlight during the golden hour. A woman with curly…Matador (1986) movie still: closeup — A close-up view of a face rendered through a visible CRT monitor pixel grid. The screen displays a…Matador (1986) movie still: medium — A crowded backstage dressing room with costumes hanging on racks in the background. A makeup artist works on a…Matador (1986) movie still: medium — A woman sits in a television studio set against a featureless grey backdrop. She is looking directly at the…
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Matador — official trailer

What is Matador about?

A conflicted youth confesses to crimes he didn't commit while a man and woman aroused by death become obsessed with each other.

Where can you watch Matador?

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Who stars in Matador?

Who made Matador?

What does the cinematography of Matador look like?

Sampled across 54 frames, the coverage of Matador leans on medium shots (52% of the sample) and close-ups (24%). Cinematographer Ángel Luis Fernández keeps 46% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Focus stays shallow in 69% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1980s.

What is the color palette of Matador?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Matador (1986) are #332e2b, #151111, #4b352d, #d3cfc9, #53504d, #d2c5b0 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

  • #332e2b
  • #151111
  • #4b352d
  • #d3cfc9
  • #53504d
  • #d2c5b0

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