Viva la Muerte (film)
7.2 /10 1 Votes
Director Fernando Arrabal Country France
Tunisia | 7/10 IMDb Duration Language French | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date May 12, 1971 (1971-05-12) Writer Fernando Arrabal (by), Fernando Arrabal (novel), Claudine Lagrive (scenario writer) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Viva la Muerte (English: Long Live Death) is a 1971 French-Tunisian drama film shot in Tunisia and directed by Fernando Arrabal. The film released on May 12, 1971 and Arrabal drew on his own childhood for inspiration for the movie. Viva la Muerte takes place at the end of the Spanish Civil War, telling the story of Fando, a young boy whose father was turned in to authorities as a suspected communist by his fascist-sympathizing mother. It has gained cult popularity as a midnight movie. The opening credits sequence features drawings by acclaimed artist, actor and novelist Roland Topor.
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Synopsis
When Fando's fascist-sympathizing mother turns his father into the authorities as a suspected communist, Fando (Mahdi Chaouch) is told that his father was executed. In truth the father is actually just imprisoned and eventually begins to search for him, constantly imagining what his father might be up to or what might have happened to him.
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Allmovie gave Viva la Muerte four stars, remarking that the film's extreme visuals would make it "not for the faint of heart". The New York Times gave the film a mostly positive review, stating that while it was "no perfect movie, it seems to me inescapably a major work."
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