Lute: Forge On or Die

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.

• Release date
• September 19, 1987
• Runtime
• 123 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Vicente Aranda

Cast

Imanol Arias Eluterio Sánchez 'El Lute' Victoria Abril Chelo Antonio Valero Raimundo Medrano Carlos Tristancho Juan José Agudo Diana Peñalver Esperanza

M

Margarita Calahorra La Madre de Chelo Manuel de Blas Policía Luis Marín Policía