Lute: Forge On or Die (1987)

Lute: Forge On or Die (1987)

1987-09-19 Spain 123 Min. PG-13
5.9 35 votes

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.

Cast

Imanol Arias is Eluterio Sánchez 'El Lute'
Eluterio Sánchez 'El Lute'
Antonio Valero is Raimundo Medrano
Raimundo Medrano
Carlos Tristancho is Juan José Agudo
Juan José Agudo
Diana Peñalver is Esperanza
Margarita Calahorra is La Madre de Chelo
La Madre de Chelo
Manuel de Blas is Policía
Luis Marín is Policía
Policía
Alicia Agut is Señora 1
Señora 1
Román Ariznavarreta is Guardia Civil en foto
Guardia Civil en foto