Don't Touch the Dead, Kid ( Los muertos no se tocan, nene ) ( Do Not Touch the Dead, Kid )

Don't Touch the Dead, Kid (DVD) (*)

$29.99

Original Title: Los muertos no se tocan, nene
Alternate Title: Do Not Touch the Dead, Kid
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
87 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 2011 and produced in:
Spain ( Spain, Portugal )

Directed By:
José Luis García Sánchez

Written By:
Rafael Azcona
José Luis García Sánchez

Actors:
Álex Angulo ..... Fabianito
Luis Bermejo ..... Elenita
Airas Bispo ..... Don Fabian Bigaró Perlé
Arias X. Bispo ..... Abelarda
Roberto Bodegas ..... Doña Luisa
Fernando Chinarro
Pedro Civera
Félix Corcuera
Julia de Blas
Priscilla Delgado
Laurentino Rodriguez Florez
Mariola Fuentes
Javier Godino
Carlos Iglesias
Carlos Larrañaga
Silvia Marsó
Teo Planell
Juan Polanco
Mary Paz Pondal
Maxi Rodríguez
Blanca Romero
Tina Sáinz
Juan Jesús Valverde
Carlos Álvarez-Nóvoa

Synopsis:

It's the late Fifties in the provincial capital of Logroño. Aspiring teenage poet Fabianitio watches with awe the arrangements for the funeral of his grandfather, an ex-civil servant and bullfighting enthusiast who, just before he died, spent his life savings on a television. But the funeral will bring to a head a number of tensions boiling just below the surface, as Fabianito discovers the secret world of adulthood. A delicious new comedy that bears witness to the lasting influence of Luis Berlanga on contemporary Spanish film.

In Logroño in 1959, Fabianito, an adolescent and apprentice poet, watches in bewilderment the grotesque organization of the wake for his great-grandfather, Don Fabián, ex-civil servant and bullfighting enthusiast, who has spent a lifetime's savings on buying a television. Fabianito will discover love in these circumstances, while the family waits impatiently for the arrival of the mayor so he can name Don Fabían 'Distinguished Citizen'. The incidents and visits overwhelm the family of the deceased, already complicated enough, leading to comic and macabre situations.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 10 November, 2013.