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Viva la Muerte (film)

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Viva la muerte
File:Viva la muerte DVD Cover.jpg
Directed byFernando Arrabal
Written byFernando Arrabal
CinematographyJean-Marc Ripert
Edited byLaurence Leininger
Production
companies
Isabelle Films
Satpec
Release date
  • May 12, 1971 (1971-05-12) (France)
Running time
90 minutes
CountriesFrance
Tunisia
LanguageFrench

Viva la muerte (Long Live Death) is a 1971 French-Tunisian drama film shot in Tunisia and directed by Fernando Arrabal. The film takes place at the end of the Spanish Civil War, where Fando, a young boy whose father was turned in to authorities as a suspected communist by his fascist-sympathizing mother. It has gained cult popularity as a midnight movie.