Directed by Francesco Rosi โข 1965 โข Italy THE MOMENT OF TRUTH (IL MOMENTO DELLA VERITร), from director Francesco Rosi, is a visceral plunge into the life of a famous toreroโplayed by real-life bullfighting legend Miguel Mateo, known as Miguelรญn. Charting his rise and fall with a single-minded focus on the bloody business at hand, the film is at once gritty and operatic, placing the viewer right in the thick of the ringโs action, as close to death as possible. Like all of the great Italian truth seekerโs films, this is not just an electrifying drama but also a profound and moving inquiry into a violent worldโand itโs perhaps the greatest bullfighting movie ever made.