Monday Morning Maybe

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Long Live Death

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1971 | 90 min | Drama, War

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for history buffs. If you loved Empire of the Sun or The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, start here.
The mood
Intense.
The pace
Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 30 min.
What might put you off
  • It's in French, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
  • Made in 1971: an older pace and style.

At the end of the Spanish civil war, Fando, a boy of about ten, tries to make sense of war and his father's arrest. His mother is religious, sympathetic to the Fascists; his father is accused of being a Red. Fando discovers that his mother may have aided in his father's arrest. Sometimes we witness Fando imagining explanations for what's going on; sometimes we see him at play, alone or with his friend Thérèse. Oedipal fantasies and a lad's natural curiosity about sex and death mix with his search for his mother's nature and his father's fate. Will Fando survive the search?

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsNot counted

    Not enough reviews on record yet

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Reach & staying powerBelow par

    Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactWeak

    About 10K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Fernando Arrabal

  • Mohamed BellasouedColonel
  • Anouk FerjacThe aunt
  • Núria EspertThe mother
  • Mahdi ChaouchThe son
  • Ivan HenriquesTosan, the father
  • Jazia KlibiThérèse, Fando's friend
  • Suzanne ComteThe grandmother
  • Víctor GarcíaFando, 20 years old