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
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If They Tell You I Fell Cast
| Name |
Character |
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María Botto
She was 15, now 50 years old
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as Fueguiña |
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Juan Diego Botto
He was 14, now 49 years old
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as Sarnita |
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Antonio Banderas
He was 29, now 64 years old
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as Marcos |
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Victoria Abril
She was 30, now 65 years old
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as Menchu / Ramona / Aurora Nin |
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Jorge Sanz
He was 20, now 55 years old
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as Daniel Javaloyes 'Java' |
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Guillermo Montesinos
He was 41, now 76 years old
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as Fusam |
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Javier Gurruchaga
He was 31, now 66 years old
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as Conrado-Señor Galán |
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Carlos Tristancho
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as Sendra |
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Ferran Rañé
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as Taylor |
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Lluís Homar
He was 32, now 67 years old
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as Palau |
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Cesáreo Estébanez
He was 48, 77 years old when he died
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as Ñito |
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Pep Ferrer
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as Falangista |
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Pep Cruz
He was 41, now 76 years old
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as Luis Lage |
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Aitor Merino
He was 16, now 52 years old
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as Ado |
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Montserrat Salvador
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as Señora Galán |
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Carles Sabater
He was 26, 36 years old when he died
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Margarita Calahorra
She was 59, 60 years old when she died
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as Dueña Continental |
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Mireia Ros
She was 32, now 68 years old
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as Margarita |
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Joan Miralles
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as Nadal |
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Jordi Dauder
He was 51, 73 years old when he died
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as Alberto |
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Teresa Cunillé
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as Abuela Java |
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Joan Dalmau
She was 65, 81 years old when she died
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Rosa Morata
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as Rubianca |
If They Tell You I Fell Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Llorenç Miquel as Art Direction. |
Art |
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Josep Rosell as Production Design. |
Art |
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Teresa Font as Editor. She was 33 (now 68) years old
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Editing |
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Vicente Aranda as Director. He was 62 (89) years old when He died
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Directing |
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Vicente Aranda as Screenplay. He was 62 (89) years old when He died
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Writing |
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José Nieto as Original Music Composer. He was 87 (80) years old when He died
|
Sound |
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Miguel Torrente as Associate Producer. |
Production |
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Juan Amorós as Director of Photography. He was 53 (now 88) years old
|
Camera |
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Enrique Viciano as Executive Producer. He was 36 (now 72) years old
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Production |
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Juan Marsé as Novel. He was 56 (now 91) years old
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Writing |
