El Lute: Run for Your Life (1987)

Original title

El Lute: camina o revienta

Directed by

Vicente Aranda

Genre

drama film, biographical film

Country

Spain

Runtime

2h 03m

Rated

18+

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 39 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film is based on the true story of Eleuterio Sanchez, a man known as El Lute. It follows his early criminal years and his famous escape from prison in 1960s Spain.

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What happens

El Lute: Run for Your Life (Spanish: El Lute: camina o revienta) is a 1987 Spanish film written and directed by Vicente Aranda, based on the memoirs of Eleuterio Sánchez, "El Lute", a young convicted murderer who became legendary in Spain for his jail escape in the 1960s. It stars Imanol Arias and Victoria Abril. The film was a hit in Spain and made a big star of his leading actor. It was nominated for four Goya Awards (Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress). The film portrays the early criminal years of El Lute, and was adapted from his first volume of memoirs, published in 1977 while he was still in prison. The second film, El Lute II: mañana sere libre, continues his story and was based on his second volume of memoirs, published in 1979. Sánchez was paroled in 1981. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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