Viva la muerte

May 12 1971 Not Rated 1h 30m
Drama, War

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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Plot

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?

Written by

Fernando Arrabal, Claudine Lagrive

Directed by

Fernando Arrabal

Cast

Anouk Ferjac, Núria Espert, Mahdi Chaouch

Crew

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Production Countries

Tunisia, France

Production Companies

Isabelle Films, SATPEC

Languages

Français

Awards

N/A

Trailers
Viva La Muerte Trailer | Fernando Arrabal
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