Long Live Death

Long Live Death

1971
1h 30m
5.8

5.8/10

42 votes • View on IMDb
Drama War
Overview

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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Language: FR

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Production Information

Production Companies
SATPEC Isabelle Films
Production Countries
France Tunisia
Spoken Languages
French

Keywords

dreams nihilism fascism satire surrealism spanish civil war (1936-39) sahara desert desert blasphemy corporal punishment whipping mother son relationship

Quick Facts

Original Title Viva la muerte
Release Date May 12, 1971
Status Released
Language FR
IMDb ID tt0066530

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

Jazia Klibi
Jazia Klibi

Thérèse, Fando's friend

Suzanne Comte
Suzanne Comte

The grandmother

Víctor García
Víctor García

Fando, 20 years old

Key Crew

Fernando Arrabal
Director
Claudine Lagrive
Writer
Fernando Arrabal
Writer