Long Live Death (1971)
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?
Director: Fernando Arrabal
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Mohamed Bellasoued as Colonel |
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Anouk Ferjac as The aunt |
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Núria Espert as The mother |
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Mahdi Chaouch as The son |
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Ivan Henriques as Tosan, the father |
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Jazia Klibi as Thérèse, Fando's friend |
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Suzanne Comte as The grandmother |
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Víctor García as Fando, 20 years old |
| Directing | Fernando Arrabal | Director |
| Sound | Jean-Yves Bosseur | Music |
| Writing | Claudine Lagrive | Writer |
| Camera | Jean-Marc Ripert | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Fernando Arrabal | Writer |
| Editing | Laurence Leininger | Editor |
