Lute: Forge On or Die
Original title: El Lute: camina o revienta
Director
Vicente Aranda
Screenplay
Vicente Aranda, Joaquín Jordá
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
Sep 19, 1987
Budget
—
Country
Spain
Revenue
—
Cast
Imanol Arias
Eluterio Sánchez 'El Lute'
Victoria Abril
Chelo
Antonio Valero
Raimundo Medrano
Carlos Tristancho
Juan José Agudo
Diana Peñalver
Esperanza
Manuel de Blas
Policía
Luis Marín
Policía
Alicia Agut
Señora 1
Román Ariznavarreta
Guardia Civil en foto
Luis Barbero
Sacerdote
José Manuel Cervino
Rufino
Antonio Dechent
Tomás 'El Flaco'
Francisco Maestre
Chato
Santi Pons
Camarero
José María Sacristán
Carcelero
José Vivó
Ministro
Reviews
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