If They Tell You I Fell (1989)
- Original title
- Si te dicen que caí
- Directed by
- Vicente Aranda
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Spain
- Runtime
- 2h
- Rated
- 18
- Rating
- 4.7 of 10 from 16 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In 1940s Barcelona, a young rag and bone merchant falls in love with a prostitute. The film blends real events with imagined stories in a complex narrative.
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What happens
If They Tell You I Fell (Spanish: Si te dicen que caí) is a 1989 Spanish film written and directed by Vicente Aranda, starring Victoria Abril and Jorge Sanz along with Antonio Banderas and Javier Gurruchaga. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same title by Juan Marsé, which was based on the killing of Carmen Broto. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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