Long Live Death

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Long Live Death (1971)

Directed by Fernando Arrabal

Drama, War · 1h 30m

At the end of the Spanish civil war, Fando, a boy of about ten, tries to make sense of war and his father's arrest. His mother is religious, sympathetic to the Fascists; his father is accused of being a Red. Fando discovers that his mother may have aided in his father's arrest. Sometimes we witness Fando imagining explanations for what's going on; sometimes we see him at play, alone or with his friend Thérèse. Oedipal fantasies and a lad's natural curiosity about sex and death mix with his search for his mother's nature and his father's fate. Will Fando survive the search?

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Cast

M
Mohamed Bellasoued Colonel Anouk Ferjac The aunt Núria Espert The mother
M
Mahdi Chaouch The son
I
Ivan Henriques Tosan, the father
J
Jazia Klibi Thérèse, Fando's friend
S
Suzanne Comte The grandmother
V
Víctor García Fando, 20 years old

Crew

Director
Fernando Arrabal
Writer
Claudine Lagrive, Fernando Arrabal
Director of Photography
Jean-Marc Ripert
Editor
Laurence Leininger

Details

Original title
Viva la muerte
Release date
1971-05-12
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Drama, War
Original language
FR
Spoken languages
French
Countries
France, Tunisia
Production
SATPEC, Isabelle Films