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poster of Viva la Muerte
Rating: 5.8/10 by 37 users

Viva la Muerte (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?

Directing:
  • Fernando Arrabal
Writing:
  • Claudine Lagrive
  • Fernando Arrabal
Stars:
Release Date: Wed, May 12, 1971

Rating: 5.8/10 by 37 users

Alternative Title:
Leve døden - NO
Long Live Death - FR

Country:
France
Tunisia
Language:
Français
Runtime: 01 hour 30 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0

Plot Keyword: dream, nihilism, fascism, satire, surrealism, spanish civil war (1936-39), sahara desert, desert, blasphemy, corporal punishment, whipping, mother son relationship

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