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If They Tell You I Fell is a film of genre Drama directed by Vicente Aranda with Jorge Sanz
If They Tell You I Fell (1989)
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Add to a movie listIf They Tell You I Fell (Spanish: Si te dicen que caí) is a 1989 Spanish film written and directed by Vicente Aranda, starring Jorge Sanz and Victoria Abril. The film is an adaptation of the novel of the same title by Catalan author Juan Marsé. Set mostly in the old quarter of 1940s Barcelona, the film centers in a young rag and bone merchant who falls in love with a prostitute. If They Tell You I Fell has an intricate narrative in which real and imagined stories blend in a crosswords style.
Synopsis
In the post Spanish Civil War years, Catalan kids would sit in circles among the ruins and tell stories, known as "aventis" open-ended narratives drifting back and forth through time. Laced with horror and perversity, these tales mix war stories, local gossip, comic book characters, fantasy and real events. The "aventis" of this film are told in flashback in 1970, 1940, 1936 and the mid-1980s.Actors
Jorge Sanz
(Daniel Javaloyes 'Java')
Victoria Abril
(Menchu / Ramona / Aurora Nin)
Antonio Banderas
(Marcos)
Lluís Homar
(Palau)
Javier Gurruchaga
(Conrado-Señor Galán)
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