Film

Lute: Forge On or Die

1987 · 2h 3m · Drama

IMDb

6.6

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.

Imanol Arias

Eluterio Sánchez 'El Lute'

Victoria Abril

Chelo

Antonio Valero

Raimundo Medrano

Carlos Tristancho

Juan José Agudo

Diana Peñalver

Esperanza

Margarita Calahorra

La Madre de Chelo

Manuel de Blas

Policía

Luis Marín

Policía

Alicia Agut

Señora 1

José Luis Alexandre

Policía

Mari Carmen Alvarado

Señora 2

Román Ariznavarreta

Guardia Civil en foto

Luis Barbero

Sacerdote

Paco Catalá

Preso

José Manuel Cervino

Rufino

Antonio Dechent

Tomás 'El Flaco'

• Vicente ArandaDirector · Screenplay
• Joaquín JordáScreenplay
• Eleuterio SánchezWriter
• José María CunillésProducer
• Isabel MuláExecutive Producer
• José Luis AlcaineDirector of Photography
• Alfredo MayoDirector of Photography
• José NietoOriginal Music Composer
• Teresa FontEditor

Release date

September 19, 1987

Status

Released

Original language

Spanish

Runtime

2h 3m

Rated

18+

Genres

Drama

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