Blood and sand

"Blood and Sand" - bullfighting, an incomparable matador, Spanish color. The famous torero Juan Gallardo, a man of humble origins, basks in the nationwide love. The crowd roars with enthusiasm when the matador taunts the enraged bull and dodges its horns at the last moment. Gallardo plays with fate. Every appearance in the arena could be his last, and this thought relentlessly haunts him... The renowned torero wants to experience everything in life. This includes the mysterious aristocrat Dona Sol - a lover of thrills and exoticism. But bullfighting is cruel. The bull takes its toll, and Gallardo finds himself on the brink of life and death. Returning to the arena after being wounded is difficult. Especially when the fear of the bull constantly haunts him, and the spectators demand spectacle and suicidal courage. Poetess Margarita Pushkina wrote the song "Torero" for the rock band "Aria," inspired by the novel by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez "Blood and Sand." This is a philosophical-psychological novel. Behind the apparent simplicity of the narrative about the life of the famous torero Juan Gallardo, there are complex questions about the essence of people and human cruelty. "Everyone was sure that Gallardo was destined to die in the arena from the bull's horns, and it was precisely this certainty that made the audience applaud him with bloodthirsty delight."