“Animal/Human, by Italian director Alessandro Pugno, is not a film about bullfighting, but rather a life lesson.” - GATROPOLIS

”Exquisite cinematographic sensitivity”- CRITICALIA

“Pugno, manages to portray a subject that is so taboo for manypeople and so revered by others in an original and organic way,contrasting bull and bullfighter, while making us wonder evenwhere we are capable as humanity”- CINE ARGENTINO HOY

Synopsis

In a small town in Italy, the boy Matteo lives surrounded by coffins and sickness. Faced with this nonsense every day, he dreams of dying a hero's death in the bullring. Thousands of miles away, a calf, Fandango, grows up unaware of the purpose for which he was born: to become a fighting bull and face a death match in front of thousands of people.

Technical info

Original title: Animal | Humano

English title: Human | Animal

Category: Fiction

Genre: Coming of age, Drama

Length: 93 min

Format: HD | Color | Aspect ratio 4:3 | Sound 5.1

Original language: Spanish, Italian

Country: Spain, Italy, México

Release: 2023

Cast

Guillermo Bedward, Donovan Raham, Antonio Estrada, Antonio Dechent, Silvia Degrandi, Juan Quiñones and Ian Caffo, with Brontis Jodorowsky and Paola Sotgiu.

Crew

Directed by Alessandro Pugno

Written by  Alessandro Pugno, Natacha Kucic

Producers José Alba, Natacha Kucic, Daniele Segre, Daniele de Cicco, Paola Herrera

Executive Producers Odile Antonio-Baez, Natacha Kucic

Associate Producer Enrique Rivero

DoP Alberto D. Centeno

Editor Enrico Giovannone

Music Giorgio Ferrero, Rodolfo Mongitore

Sound Recording Carlos de la Madrid Valencia

Sound Design Enrique Fernández Tanco

Mix supervisor Sandra Ramírez

Art Director Pilar Angulo

Wardrobe Ainhoa Badiola

Make up Anabel Beato

Hairdresser Alicia Prendes

Postproduction Tiago Herbert

Company credits

Produced by Pecado Films, First Draft, Redibis Film and Una Comunión

With the support of ICAA, Euroimages, MIC Italia, Junta de Andalucía, Piemonte Region, Torino Piemonte Film Commission, Programa IBERMEDIA, Creative Europe Media Programme, Canal Sur and Crea SGR.

Project developed at the Creation and Development Meeting of the Festival Márgenes 2015, Sources2, Cine Cruzando Fronteras - Havana 2015 co-production consultancy workshop, Ibero-American film project development course. Project selected by the ICAA in 2020 as one of the most promising projects in development in Spain 2020.

Festivals

38° Mar del Plata International FIlm Festival - World Premier in International Competition

20º Seville European Film Festival - Sección Oficial

14º Beijing International Film Festival - Official Selection of Forward Future Section

46º Moscu International Film Festival

42º Bellaria Film Festival - Competition

7º Brussels International Film Festival - Director’s week

27º Guanajuato International Film Festival - Competition

15º Marzamemi Film Festival - “National ViItalian Brancati Award” to Alessandro Pugno and Natassia Kucic for screenplay and Special Mention to Guillermo Bedward as “Best Emerging Actor.”