Lute: Forge On or Die
El Lute: camina o revienta
Release: 1987-09-19
·Runtime: 123m
·★ 5.7
Drama
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.
Production Countries
Spain
Production Companies
MGC Producciones Cinematográficas y Audiovisuales
Multivideo
TVE
Cast
Diana Peñalver
as Esperanza
José María Sacristán
as Carcelero
Enrique Navarro
as Colorao
Luis Marín
as Policía
Francisco Piquer
as Militar
Carlos Tristancho
as Juan José Agudo
Ricardo Palacios
as Empleador
Yelena Samarina
as Denunciante
Imanol Arias
as Eluterio Sánchez 'El Lute'
Alicia Agut
as Señora 1
Antonio Dechent
as Tomás 'El Flaco'
Saturno Cerra
as Vigilante de la joyería
Mabel Escaño
as Camarera
Antonio Valero
as Raimundo Medrano
Luis Barbero
as Sacerdote
Manuel Zarzo
as Policía
Rafael Hernández
as Guardia Civil en tren
Daniel Medrán
as Preso
José Manuel Cervino
as Rufino
Charly Bravo
as Guardia Civil a caballo
José Canalejas
as Carcelero
Miguel Palenzuela
as Policía
José Ramón Pardo
as Fotógrafo
Alfonso Vallejo
as Preso
Victoria Abril
as Chelo
Ignacio Carreño
as Guardia Civil
Mery Leyva
as Posadera
Santi Pons
as Camarero
José Vivó
as Ministro
Paco Racionero
as Testigo
Román Ariznavarreta
as Guardia Civil en foto
Francisco Maestre
as Chato
Ramón Reparaz
as Policía municipal
María Jesús Hoyos
as Matrona
Francisco Vidal
Manuel de Blas
as Policía
Manuel Torremocha
as Director de penal
