Lute: Forge On or Die (2001)

  • 18+
  • 04/29/2001 (CZ)
  • Drama
  • 2h 3m

Overview

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.

Vicente Aranda

Director, Screenplay

Joaquim Jordà i Català

Screenplay

Eleuterio Sánchez

Writer

Cast

Imanol Arias's headshot

Imanol Arias

Eluterio Sánchez 'El Lute'
Victoria Abril's headshot

Victoria Abril

Chelo
Antonio Valero's headshot

Antonio Valero

Raimundo Medrano
Carlos Tristancho's headshot

Carlos Tristancho

Juan José Agudo
Diana Peñalver's headshot

Diana Peñalver

Esperanza
Margarita Calahorra's headshot

Margarita Calahorra

La Madre de Chelo
Manuel de Blas's headshot

Manuel de Blas

Policía
Luis Marín's headshot

Luis Marín

Policía

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