Lute: Forge On or Die ·El Lute: camina o revienta

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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Drama
Release Date

Sep 19, 1987

Duration: 2h 3 min

Popularity: 0.5002
36 votes
Directed by

Vicente Aranda

Screenplay by

Vicente ArandaJoaquim Jordà i Català

Productions

MGC Producciones Cinematográficas y Audiovisuales Multivideo TVE (ES)

Collection
El Lute Collection
Budget

Revenue: NA

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Crew & Team

Vicente Aranda

Director