A humorous visit to the turbulent world of the controversial Spanish boxer José Manuel Urtain.
Acting
Urtain's unfiltered, almost anti-charismatic screen presence.
Direction
Summers' playful, almost mockumentary approach before that was a thing.
Director
Manuel Summers
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Urtain became a folk hero in Franco-era Spain precisely because he seemed so unimpressed by success — working-class audiences saw themselves in his reluctance.
Director Manuel Summers pioneered a hybrid style here that predates both mockumentaries and reality TV, blurring performance and authenticity decades before it was trendy.
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