Lute: Forge On or Die (1987)
Original title: El Lute: camina o revienta
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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.
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Imanol AriasEluterio Sánchez 'El Lute'
Victoria AbrilChelo
Antonio ValeroRaimundo Medrano
Carlos TristanchoJuan José Agudo
Diana PeñalverEsperanzaMargarita CalahorraLa Madre de Chelo
Manuel de BlasPolicía
Luis MarínPolicía
Alicia AgutSeñora 1José Luis AlexandrePolicía
Mari Carmen AlvaradoSeñora 2
Román AriznavarretaGuardia Civil en fotoKeywords
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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.
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Lute: Forge On or Die has a runtime of 123 minutes.
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