Long Live Death

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?

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 12, 1971

Original language

French

Spoken languages

french

Countries

France, Tunisia

Production

SATPEC,Isabelle Films,SATPEC, Isabelle Films

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0066530