Juan has ambitions to be a bullfighter and in order to finance this dream the gang plan to execute a heist.

Inspired by Italian neo-realism and the work of Luis Buñuel, and initially hampered by the intervention of General Franco’s censors on its first release, Saura has referred to this as ‘the most difficult film of his career’.

This restoration, carried out by Filmoteca Española, is presented in a version that is the most faithful to the one that Saura premièred at Cannes in 1960 and presented to the Spanish Censorship Board before all the subsequent modifications required for release in Spain were implemented.

This screening will include a pre-recorded introduction by Andy Willis, Professor of Film Studies at the University of Salford and co-curator of Cinema Rediscovered and ¡Viva! Spanish and Latin American Festival.