Lute: Forge On or Die

5.8
  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 123 min
  • Premiere: 1987. September 19.

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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Imanol Arias

Eluterio Sánchez 'El Lute'

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

Román Ariznavarreta

Guardia Civil en foto

Luis Barbero

Sacerdote

Antonio Dechent

Tomás 'El Flaco'

Santi Pons

Camarero

José Vivó

Ministro

Manuel Zarzo

Policía

Raúl Fraire

Guardia Civil en tren

Máximo Astray

Policía

Charly Bravo

Guardia Civil a caballo

José Canalejas

Carcelero

Ignacio Carreño

Guardia Civil

Saturno Cerra

Vigilante de la joyería

José Cerro

El padre de Chelo

Francisco Clement

Guardia Civil

Vicente del Águila

Guardia Civil en foto

Amador Dobarganes Ruiz

Hombre cantando

Jesús Enguita

Policía municipal

Mabel Escaño

Camarera

José María Escuer

Padre de 'El Lute'

Pedro Falla

Vendedor de combustible

José María Gambín

Guardia Civil a caballo

Chema Gil

Policía municipal

Rafael Hernández

Guardia Civil en tren

José María Labernié

Ayudante del Ministro

José Luis Lemos

Sepulturero

Mery Leyva

Posadera

Javier Lozano

Carcelero

Arturo López

Director de penal

Carlos Marcet

Sargento

Fernando Martín

Preso en tren

Raúl Pazos

Encargado del entierro

Ramón Reparaz

Policía municipal

Antonio Ross

Barbero

Manuel Salgueró Luque

Teniente Coronel

Yelena Samarina

Denunciante

Óscar San Juan

Conductor de autobús

José Segura

Amigo de 'El Lute'

Mario Siles

Sepulturero

Rubén Tobías

Policía municipal

Manuel Torremocha

Director de penal

Rafael Vaquero

Profesor

José Yepes

Guardia Civil

Camera

Alfredo Mayo

Director of Photography

José Luis Alcaine

Director of Photography

Directing

Vicente Aranda

Director

Editing

Teresa Font

Editor

Production

Isabel Mulá

Executive Producer

Sound

José Nieto

Original Music Composer

Camera

Alfredo Mayo

Director of Photography

José Luis Alcaine

Director of Photography

Directing

Vicente Aranda

Director

Editing

Teresa Font

Editor

Production

Isabel Mulá

Executive Producer

Sound

José Nieto

Original Music Composer