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If They Tell You I Fell

If They Tell You I Fell (1989)

2h 0m | PG-13

⭐ 4.4 / 10

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

Studio: Ideas y Producciones Cinematográficas (IPC)

Genre: Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Romance

Video: 720p

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Cast

Jorge Sanz

Jorge Sanz

as Daniel Javaloyes 'Java'

Victoria Abril

Victoria Abril

as Menchu / Ramona / Aurora Nin

Antonio Banderas

Antonio Banderas

as Marcos

Javier Gurruchaga

Javier Gurruchaga

as Conrado-Señor Galán

Lluís Homar

Lluís Homar

as Palau

Ferran Rañé

Ferran Rañé

as Taylor