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If They Tell You I Fell
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If They Tell You I Fell

1989-09-19 · 120 min · ★ 4.7

Drama · Thriller · Mystery · Romance

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

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Directors
Vicente Aranda
Production companies
Ideas y Producciones Cinematográficas (IPC), TV3
Countries
Spain
Status
Released
Revenue
USD 700,183

Top Cast

Jorge SanzJorge SanzDaniel Javaloyes 'Java'
Victoria AbrilVictoria AbrilMenchu / Ramona / Aurora Nin
Antonio BanderasAntonio BanderasMarcos
Javier GurruchagaJavier GurruchagaConrado-Señor Galán
Lluís HomarLluís HomarPalau
Ferran RañéFerran RañéTaylor
Carlos TristanchoCarlos TristanchoSendra
Joan MirallesNadal
Guillermo MontesinosGuillermo MontesinosFusam
Juan Diego BottoJuan Diego BottoSarnita
María BottoMaría BottoFueguiña
Cesáreo EstébanezCesáreo EstébanezÑito
Montserrat SalvadorSeñora Galán
Margarita CalahorraDueña Continental
Teresa CunilléAbuela Java
Pep CruzPep CruzLuis Lage
Rosa MorataRubianca
Aitor MerinoAitor MerinoAdo
Victoria VivasVictoria VivasBalbina
Mireia RosMireia RosMargarita

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