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Director:
Writers:
Fernando Arrabal (novel)
Fernando Arrabal (screenplay)
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Release Date:
12 May 1971 (France) more
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Plot:
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... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Anouk Ferjac ... La Tante
Núria Espert ... La Mère
Mahdi Chaouch ... Fando
Ivan Henriques ... Le Père
Jazia Klibi ... Thérèse
Suzanne Comte ... La Grand-mère
Jean-Louis Chassigneux ... Le Grand-père
Mohamed Bellasoued ... Colonel
Víctor García ... Fando - 20 ans
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Long Live Death (International: English title)
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Runtime:
90 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
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Repetitive, 6 May 2003
Author: Bryce David

VIVA LA MUERTE does have amazing visuals and the idea of combining video with film was brilliant and ahead of its time. BUT the main problem of with VIVA LA MUERTE is that it's extremely repetitive. The film feels like it's made of 10 minute long short films that use the same direction, the same editing, the same pacing. With the film's running time at 90 minutes, it was like watching nine 10 minute long short films strung together, that all looked the same. So after the fourth or fifth 10 minute moments, I was slowly drifting away from the film, uninterested to whatever was happening on screen. It is an art film and should be viewed differently than your average movie but I thought the whole thing simply didn't gel together and the symbolism was heavy handed.

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