The Moment of Truth

In the 1950s, white middle-class American women were usually expected to stay home, raise children, and look after their husbands. Nineteen-year-old Kathleen Boyd wants those things someday, but today she wants to become a matador. As a child she watched a bullfight with her beloved father and was entranced, spending all her days thereafter pretending to fight bulls with her best friend, Sally. After her father dies, Kathleen continues to dream of bullfighting even as her mother plans her life for her, including marriage to the ever-respectable Charles. But Kathleen heads to Mexico to jump into the ring. Barely escaping with her life, she catches the eye of Maestro Fermin, who agrees to be her manager. Fermin works her hard, and with Kathleen's determination and talent, he guides her into the bullring. When she captivates the young matador Julio (aka El Cabrito), he shows her that there are many paths to be followed in the bullring,. Kathleen soon discovers that Fermin's management is not in her best interest, and she must draw on her own strength as she moves forward.