Lute: Forge On or Die
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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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2 films
Cast
76 people
Imanol Arias
Eluterio Sánchez 'El Lute'
Known for
Spy Time
Cuéntame cómo pasó
José Sacristán
Known for
Velvet
Magical Girl
Victoria Abril
Chelo
Known for
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
High Heels
Antonio Valero
Raimundo Medrano
Known for
Loving
Live Twice, Love Once
Carlos Tristancho
Juan José Agudo
Known for
Pepi, Luci, Bom
The Heifer
Diana Peñalver
Esperanza
Known for
Braindead
Margarita Calahorra
La Madre de Chelo
Known for
Package Tour
Rustlers' Rhapsody
Manuel de Blas
Policía
Known for
Grand Hotel
Watch Out, We're Mad
Luis Marín
Policía
Known for
Around the World with Willy Fog
Strange Voyage
Alicia Agut
Señora 1
Known for
The Flower of My Secret
Lovers: A True Story
José Luis Alexandre
Policía
Also in
Secretos de alcoba
Caught in Fear
Mari Carmen Alvarado
Señora 2
Known for
The National Shotgun
Vicente Aranda Director · Joaquín Jordá Screenplay Eleuterio Sánchez Writer
First release September 19, 1987 · Produced in Spain · Production Multivideo, TVE
Production
MGC Producciones Cinematográficas y Audiovisuales
Production
Multivideo
Production
TVE
Production
Televisión Española
Production
Spain
Produced in
Languages
Original title
El Lute: camina o revienta
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Spanish
Release dates
Spain · September 19, 1987
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Czechia
April 29, 2001 · Digital
Romania
September 19, 1987 · Theatrical
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