Long Live Death

Long Live Death 1971 Directed by Fernando Arrabal Viva la muerte

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?

Country France

Production Countries France , Tunisia

Language French

Spoken Language French

Gneres Drama , War

Production Companies SATPEC , Isabelle Films

Release Date 12 May 1971

90 mins