

Lute: Forge On or Die
Drama
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.
Status:
Released
Release Date:
1987-09-19
Runtime:
2h 3m
Director:
Vicente Aranda
Writer:
Joaquim Jordà i Català, Vicente Aranda, Eleuterio Sánchez
Top Cast

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
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