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If They Tell You I Fell poster
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MASTER SCORE 50.6 / 100
1989·Drama / Mystery / Romance·1h 55m

IF THEY TELL YOU I FELL

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

Above the Line
Vicente Aranda·DirectorVicente Aranda·ScreenplayJuan Marsé·NovelJuan Amorós·Director of PhotographyJosé Nieto·Original Music ComposerTeresa Font·Editor
Cast
Jorge Sanz·Daniel Javaloyes 'Java'Victoria Abril·Menchu / Ramona / Aurora NinAntonio Banderas·MarcosJavier Gurruchaga·Conrado-Señor GalánLluís Homar·PalauFerran Rañé·TaylorCarlos Tristancho·SendraJoan Miralles·NadalGuillermo Montesinos·FusamJuan Diego Botto·Sarnita
Full Crew
(12 credits)
Directing· 3
Vicente Aranda·DirectorNúria Casanueva·Script SupervisorPere Joan Ventura·Assistant Director
Writing· 2
Vicente Aranda·ScreenplayJuan Marsé·Novel
Camera· 1
Juan Amorós·Director of Photography
Editing· 1
Teresa Font·Editor
Sound & Music· 1
José Nieto·Original Music Composer
Art & Design· 2
Josep Rosell i Palau·Production DesignLlorenç Miquel·Art Direction
Production· 2
Enrique Viciano·Executive ProducerMiguel Torrente·Associate Producer
By the Numbers
50.6
OF 100
Master Score
5.4
OF 10
IMDb
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CRITICS
Rotten Tomatoes
$700K
Worldwide Gross
0
Oscar Wins
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