Summary
In the whimsical realm of Bullomania, Adonis, a mere chauffeur serving the kingdom's monarch, finds his heart irrevocably entangled with Princess Ernestine. Driven by an ardent, if somewhat misguided, desire to prove his worthiness to the royal scion, he plunges headlong into the perilous world of taurine combat, enrolling in a bullfighting academy. However, the path to Ernestine's affections is not merely paved with sand and horns; it is complicated by the dashing, albeit villainous, toreador Manuel Risotto, a rival whose charisma masks a darker intent. Risotto, in a audacious display of villainy, abducts the unsuspecting princess. What ensues is a frantic automotive pursuit, with the King himself at the mercy of Adonis's driving. Yet, in a moment of crucial indecision or perhaps sheer incompetence, Adonis allows Risotto to make good his escape. The King, incandescent with rage at this double failure – the loss of his daughter and the bungling of her rescue – condemns Adonis to the ultimate penalty. However, fate, in its most bizarre and benevolent form, intervenes. A maverick scientist, on the cusp of launching a groundbreaking rocket, inadvertently sends his bumbling assistant plummeting into the very prison yard where Adonis languishes. This serendipitous mishap sparks an improbable escape, with Adonis and his newfound accomplice ingeniously disguised as a pair of bovine escapees. The narrative then escalates into a second, more romantically motivated abduction of the princess, orchestrated by Adonis himself to secure his beloved's hand. This act ignites a spectacular, chaotic chase across the landscape, culminating in an absolutely fantastical climax: an interstellar journey aboard the scientist’s rocket, spiriting the star-crossed lovers away to an entirely different planet, far beyond the reach of earthly monarchs and irate toreadors, thereby achieving a truly cosmic happily ever after.
Synopsis
Adonis, the King of Bullomania's personal chauffeur, is in love with Princess Ernestine, the King's daughter. To win her heart, he accepts to fight bulls at the bullfighting school. But the princess is also courted by Manuel Risotto, a famous toreador who kidnaps her. The King chases after him in a car driven by Adonis. Unfortunately, the chauffeur lets Risotto run away. In a rage, the King condemns Adonis to the death penalty. But it is without counting a scientist who has invented a rocket, his assistant who falls down in the yard of Adonis's prison, a great escape featuring Adonis and the assistant disguised as bulls, a second abduction of the Princess - but, this time for the just cause of love -, a wild chase and a final flight to another planet!
