My Tender Matador film screening

Pragay Collective and Chilean Embassy in the Czech Republic are pleased to present the film “My Tender Matador” (Tengo Miedo Torero), winner of several awards such as the People’s Choice award in the Venice Film Festival, and the Audience Award in the Thessaloniki Film Festival.

The film exposes the life of “La loca del Frente”, who falls in love with Carlos, a guerrilla fighter from the Frente Patriótico Manuel Rodríguez. La Loca, a life-long orphan, finds in Carlos her only family, and together they confront the vicissitudes of the political situation in Chile during Pinochet´s dictatorship. Their bond will be tested when Carlos gets involved in the attempted assassination of Augusto Pinochet.

The film is in Spanish and English.

Pragay is a Latin American LGBTQ+ collective, whose objective is to build bridges between the latino and Czech communities through culture.

Host
Marco Lopez and Juan Reyes – founders of the Pragay group

Entrance fee – free

Accessibility – suitable also for teenagers, accessible with a dog, barrier-free

Vibe check – loud event, seating options, indoors

Trigger warnings – transphobia