The film is a Spanish-French-Portuguese co-production by Andergraun Films alongside Lacima Producciones, Idéale Audiences, and Rosa Filmes. Production was extended by five years, three years for shooting footage and two for editing the material. The color
cinematography, by Artur Tort Pujol, is often very closely focused on Roca and his face, isolating him in a way similar to
Douglas Gordon and
Philippe Parreno's 2006 documentary of
Zinedine Zidane called
Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait. Extreme closeups sometimes isolate details in the ring: like the bull's hooves or its face during its death throes or the side of the
picador's horse. The film makes however no overt comment about bullfighting. == Music ==