If They Tell You I Fell (1989)
In the post Spanish civil war years, Catalan kids would sit in circles among the ruins and tell stories, known as "aventis" (the film's original title in Catalan, its original language). These tales mix war stories, local gossip, comic book characters, fantasy and real events. The "aventis" told in this film are told in flashback. In the mid 80s, 45 or so years after the age of the "aventis," a doctor and a nurse-nun (who grew up together, and now are co-workers in a hospital) identify the corpse of one of the main characters of the "aventis" of their childhood and adolescence. Besides the interesting flashbacks - a chronical of the Civil War in a "typical" Barcelona microcosm itself, the discovery of this body (belonging to someone long presumed dead) leads to other surprises and unresolved doubts, several decades later
Director:
Vicente Aranda
Writer:
Vicente Aranda
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Jorge Sanz as Daniel Javaloyes 'Java' |
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Victoria Abril as Menchu / Ramona / Aurora Nin |
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Antonio Banderas as Marcos |
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Javier Gurruchaga as Conrado-Señor Galán |
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Lluís Homar as Palau |
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Ferran Rañé as Taylor |
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Carlos Tristancho as Sendra |
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Joan Miralles as Nadal |
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Guillermo Montesinos as Fusam |
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Juan Diego Botto as Sarnita |
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María Botto as Fueguiña |
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Cesáreo Estébanez as Ñito |
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Montserrat Salvador as Señora Galán |
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Margarita Calahorra as Dueña Continental |
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Teresa Cunillé as Abuela Java |
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Pep Cruz as Luis Lage |
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Rosa Morata as Rubianca |
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Aitor Merino as Ado |
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Victoria Vivas as Balbina |
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Mireia Ros as Margarita |
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Jordi Dauder as Alberto |
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Pep Ferrer as Falangista |
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Fredy Ripers as Miliciano |
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Joan Dalmau as |
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Carles Sabater as |
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Luis Giralte as Luis |
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Marc Barahoma as Mingo |
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Ariadna Navarro as Juanita |
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Mercè Sans as Sor Paulina |
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José Cerro as Justiniano |
| Directing | Vicente Aranda | Director |
| Writing | Vicente Aranda | Screenplay |
| Writing | Juan Marsé | Novel |
| Production | Miguel Torrente | Associate Producer |
| Production | Enrique Viciano | Executive Producer |
| Sound | José Nieto | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Juan Amorós | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Teresa Font | Editor |
| Art | Josep Rosell i Palau | Production Design |
| Art | Llorenç Miquel | Art Direction |
| Directing | Pere Joan Ventura | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Núria Casanueva | Script Supervisor |
