Is Long Live Death sad?

Yes, very. More sad than 96% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Long Live Death easy watching?

No. Less comforting than 92% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Long Live Death end with hope?

No. Less hopeful than 91% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Long Live Death scary?

Yes. More frightening than 87% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Long Live Death violent?

Yes. More violent than 80% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Long Live Death

Name: Long Live Death
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 1971
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 5.9
Cast: Mohamed Bellasoued, Anouk Ferjac, Núria Espert, Mahdi Chaouch, Ivan Henriques

Directed by Fernando Arrabal

Produced by SATPEC, Isabelle Films

197190 min5.9 / 10

A surreal, deeply unsettling exploration of a child's psychological fragmentation amid fascism, war, and family betrayal, blending dream logic with brutal historical reality.

At the end of the Spanish civil war, Fando, a boy of about ten, tries to make sense of war and his father's arrest. His mother is religious, sympathetic to the Fascists; his father is accused of being a Red. Fando discovers that his mother may have aided in his father's arrest. Sometimes we witness Fando imagining explanations for what's going on; sometimes we see him at play, alone or with his friend Thérèse. Oedipal fantasies and a lad's natural curiosity about sex and death mix with his search for his mother's nature and his father's fate. Will Fando survive the search?

Clusters

Paranoid Reality Breakdown Depression and Complicity Injury And Mental Breakdown Ambiguous Mental Breakdown Stories Comedy And Satire

Genres

Drama War

Keywords

Dreams Nihilism Fascism Satire Surrealism Spanish Civil War (1936-39)Sahara Desert Desert Blasphemy Corporal Punishment Whipping Mother Son Relationship

Questions people ask

Is Long Live Death sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.
Is Long Live Death easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.
Does Long Live Death end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.
Is Long Live Death scary? Yes. More frightening than 87% of films.
Is Long Live Death violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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