Storyline
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 & Crew
MB
Mohamed Bellasoued
Colonel
Lead
Anouk Ferjac
The aunt
Núria Espert
The mother
MC
Mahdi Chaouch
The son
IH
Ivan Henriques
Tosan, the father
JK
Jazia Klibi
Thérèse, Fando's friend
SC
Suzanne Comte
The grandmother
VG
Víctor García
Fando, 20 years old
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Fernando Arrabal's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Long Live Death is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
