Long Live Death (Viva la muerte) 52 years old

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?

Credits

Long Live Death Cast

Name Character
Anouk Ferjac She was 38, now 91 years old
Núria Espert She was 35, now 88 years old
Mohamed Bellasoued

Long Live Death Crew

Name Department
Jean-Marc Ripert as Director of Photography. He was 18 (now 71) years old Camera
Fernando Arrabal as Director. He was 38 (now 91) years old Directing
Fernando Arrabal as Writer. He was 38 (now 91) years old Writing
Long Live Death poster
Long Live Death (52 years)

  • Release day: Wednesday, May 12, 1971
  • Runtime: 90 minutes