El Lute

Award-winning director Vicente Aranda has created an epic masterpiece in this gripping saga of Spain's most infamous criminal. Nominated for 8 Goya awards including: Best Director, Best Film, Best Lead Actor, Best Lead Actress, Best Make-Up, Best Screenplay, Best Special Effects and Best Supporting Actor!

Generalissimo Francisco Franco ruled 1960s Spain with an iron fist, but even he could not break the spirit of Eleuterio Snchez, a.k.a. El Lute, the Robin Hood of Spain. Born into abject poverty, El Lute soon ran afoul of the law and found himself sentenced to a lifetime of incarceration. Any other man's story might have ended there, but El Lute had other ideas. Based on the memoirs of Eleuterio Snchez, this powerful, captivating film tells the story of a common thief whose daring escapes from police custody and anti-Franco stance made him a most uncommon folk hero.