Viva la muerte 1971

Synopsis:

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?

Directed by: Fernando Arrabal
Written by: Fernando Arrabal & Claudine Lagrive
Release date: 1971-05-12
Runtime: 90 minutes
Tagline: Long Live Death
Cast:
Mohamed Bellasoued
Mohamed Bellasoued
Colonel 
Anouk Ferjac
Anouk Ferjac
The aunt 
Núria Espert
Núria Espert
The mother 
Mahdi Chaouch
Mahdi Chaouch
The son 
Ivan Henriques
Ivan Henriques
Tosan, the father 
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Also known as:
  • Leve døden
  • Long Live Death