Viva la Muerte (1971)

Viva la Muerte (1971)

1971-05-12 France, Tunisia 90 Min. PG-13
5.8 37 votes

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?

Cast

Anouk Ferjac is The aunt
The aunt
Núria Espert is The mother
The mother
Mahdi Chaouch is The son
Ivan Henriques is Tosan, the father
Tosan, the father
Jazia Klibi is Thérèse, Fando's friend
Thérèse, Fando's friend
Suzanne Comte is The grandmother
The grandmother
Víctor García is Fando, 20 years old
Fando, 20 years old