Follwing the difficult struggle of some young apprentices brings the spectator into contact with all the facets of the bullfighting world. Travelling with them through Spain, France, Portugal and Columbia, we meet pupils and maestros from the bullfighting schools, banderilleros, bullfighting manager, impresarios and ideeend the great figures like Luis Bolívar, Uceda Leal, Sebastién Castella, Morante de la Puebla or José Tomás. Thus ARENA enables us to discover in depth the complexity of this singular Western cultural phenomenon.