Long Live Death (1971)
1h 30m
Running Time
May 12, 1971Release Date
Plot.
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?
Where to Watch.
FreeCurrently Long Live Death is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Kanopy
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Cast & Crew.
Anouk Ferjac
La Tante
Núria Espert
La Mère
Mahdi Chaouch
Fando
Claudine Lagrive
Writer
Ivan Henriques
Tosan
Jazia Klibi
Thérèse
Suzanne Comte
La Grand-mère
Jean-Yves Bosseur
Music
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 12, 1971
Original NameViva la muerte
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 30m
Genres
Wiki.
Viva la Muerte (English: Long Live Death) is a 1971 internationally-produced drama film shot in Algeria, France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Brazil, Philippines, Morocco and Tunisia and directed by Fernando Arrabal. The film was released on 12 May 1971 and Arrabal drew on his own childhood for inspiration for the movie. Viva la Muerte takes place at the end of the Spanish Civil War, telling the story of Fando, a young boy whose father was turned in to authorities as a suspected communist by his Falange-sympathizing mother. It has gained cult popularity as a midnight movie. The closing credits sequence features drawings by acclaimed artist, actor and novelist Roland Topor.