Lute: Forge On or Die (1987)
Synopsis
In Spain of the 1960s, a poor family of quinquis - a nomadic ethnic group with a tradition as old as that of the gypsises of Spain but with even more obscure origins - have a nomadic life marked by poverty. The son, Eleuterio Sánchez Rodriguez, nicknamed "El Lute", steals some chickens and is condemned to six months in jail. El Lute moves to the slum outskirts of Madrid with his common law wife, Chelo, starting an itinerant life as a peddler of pots and pans and living in a quinqui shantytown. He gradually embarks upon as life of petty criminality, eventually participating in the theft of a jewelry store during which a bystander is killed.
Release Date: 1987-09-19
Runtime: 123 minutes
Director: Vicente Aranda
Top Cast
- Imanol Arias as Eluterio Sánchez 'El Lute'
- Victoria Abril as Chelo
- Antonio Valero as Raimundo Medrano
- Carlos Tristancho as Juan José Agudo
- Diana Peñalver as Esperanza
- Margarita Calahorra as La Madre de Chelo
- Manuel de Blas as Policía
- Luis Marín as Policía
- Alicia Agut as Señora 1
- José Luis Alexandre as Policía
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