If They Tell You I Fell (1989)
In the post Spanish civil war years, Catalan kids would sit in circles among the ruins and tell stories, known as "aventis" (the film's original title in Catalan, its original language). These tales mix war stories, local gossip, comic book characters, fantasy and real events. The "aventis" told in this film are told in flashback. In the mid 80s, 45 or so years after the age of the "aventis," a doctor and a nurse-nun (who grew up together, and now are co-workers in a hospital) identify the corpse of one of the main characters of the "aventis" of their childhood and adolescence. Besides the interesting flashbacks - a chronical of the Civil War in a "typical" Barcelona microcosm itself, the discovery of this body (belonging to someone long presumed dead) leads to other surprises and unresolved doubts, several decades later
Director:
Vicente Aranda
Writer:
Vicente Aranda
Jorge Sanz Daniel Javaloyes 'Java' |
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Victoria Abril Menchu / Ramona / Aurora Nin |
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Antonio Banderas Marcos |
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Javier Gurruchaga Conrado-Señor Galán |
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Lluís Homar Palau |
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Ferran Rañé Taylor |
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Carlos Tristancho Sendra |
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Joan Miralles Nadal |
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Guillermo Montesinos Fusam |
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Juan Diego Botto Sarnita |
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María Botto Fueguiña |
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Cesáreo Estébanez Ñito |
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Montserrat Salvador Señora Galán |
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Margarita Calahorra Dueña Continental |
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Teresa Cunillé Abuela Java |
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Pep Cruz Luis Lage |
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Rosa Morata Rubianca |
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Aitor Merino Ado |
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Victoria Vivas Balbina |
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Mireia Ros Margarita |
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Jordi Dauder Alberto |
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Pep Ferrer Falangista |
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Fredy Ripers Miliciano |
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Joan Dalmau | |
Carles Sabater | |
Luis Giralte Luis |
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Marc Barahoma Mingo |
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Ariadna Navarro Juanita |
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Mercè Sans Sor Paulina |
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José Cerro Justiniano |
Art | Llorenç Miquel | Art Direction |
Art | Josep Rosell i Palau | Production Design |
Editing | Teresa Font | Editor |
Writing | Vicente Aranda | Screenplay |
Directing | Vicente Aranda | Director |
Sound | José Nieto | Original Music Composer |
Production | Miguel Torrente | Associate Producer |
Camera | Juan Amorós | Director of Photography |
Production | Enrique Viciano | Executive Producer |
Writing | Juan Marsé | Novel |
Directing | Pere Joan Ventura | Assistant Director |
Directing | Núria Casanueva | Script Supervisor |