Long Live Death

The story

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?

Cast & crew

Mohamed Bellasoued

Mohamed BellasouedColonel

Anouk FerjacThe aunt

Núria EspertThe mother

Mahdi Chaouch

Mahdi ChaouchThe son

Ivan Henriques

Ivan HenriquesTosan, the father

Jazia Klibi

Jazia KlibiThérèse, Fando's friend

Suzanne Comte

Suzanne ComteThe grandmother

Víctor García

Víctor GarcíaFando, 20 years old