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If They Tell You I Fell

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1989 | 120 min | Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Romance

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 anyone who likes to be kept guessing and romantics. If you loved The Crying Game, start here.
The mood
Tense, warm and romantic.
The pace
Takes its time with its characters, at 2 hr.
What might put you off
It's in Spanish, so expect subtitles (or a dub).

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

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsNot counted

    Not enough reviews on record yet

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsBelow par

    1 win and 6 nominations from smaller awards and festivals

  • Box office & staying powerBelow par

    $700K worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactWeak

    About 4K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Vicente Aranda

  • Jorge SanzDaniel Javaloyes 'Java'
  • Victoria AbrilMenchu / Ramona / Aurora Nin
  • Antonio BanderasMarcos
  • Javier GurruchagaConrado-Señor Galán
  • Lluís HomarPalau
  • Ferran RañéTaylor
  • Carlos TristanchoSendra
  • Joan MirallesNadal
  • Guillermo MontesinosFusam
  • Juan Diego BottoSarnita