At the end of the Spanish civil war, Fando, a boy of about ten, tries to make sense of war and his father's arrest. His mother is religious, sympathetic to the Fascists; his father is accused of being a Red. Fando discovers that his mother may have aided in his father's arrest. Sometimes we witness Fando imagining explanations for what's going on; sometimes we see him at play, alone or with his friend Thérèse. Oedipal fantasies and a lad's natural curiosity about sex and death mix with his search for his mother's nature and his father's fate. Will Fando survive the search?
Stars: Mohamed Bellasoued, Anouk Ferjac, Núria Espert, Mahdi Chaouch, Ivan Henriques, Jazia Klibi
Crew: Fernando Arrabal (Director), Claudine Lagrive (Writer), Jean-Yves Bosseur (Music), Fernando Arrabal (Writer), Jean-Marc Ripert (Director of Photography), Laurence Leininger (Editor)
Country: France, Tunisia
Language: Français
Studio: SATPEC, Isabelle Films
Runtime: 90 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: May 12, 1971
IMDb: 5.2
