Direction: Fernando Arrabal

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Fernando Arrabal. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


The Tree of Guernica

1975 · Movie · 99 min. · France

Direction Fernando Arrabal

Cast Mariangela Melato · Ron Faber · Cosimo Cinieri · Rocco Fontana

Synopsis The Spanish Civil War, as experienced by the town of Villa Ramiro. The local count and his Fascist nephews ally with the rebels; the count's son, indifferent to politics at the outset, later makes a choice; the town's teacher, Antonio...

6.8

196 votes

6.8

196 votes

Direction Fernando Arrabal

Cast George Shannon · Hachemi Marzouk · Emmanuelle Riva · Raoul Curet

Synopsis When his mother dies, the police want to talk to Aden Rey, but Aden, a guilt-ridden epileptic, has left for the desert. There he comes upon Marvel, a noble savage. Aden, Marvel, and Marvel's goat become companions through travels, a...

6.6

234 votes

6.6

234 votes

Long Live Death

1971 · Movie · 86 min. · France

Direction Fernando Arrabal

Cast Mahdi Chaouch · Nuria Espert · Anouk Ferjac · Ivan Henriques

Synopsis 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....

6.4

452 votes

6.4

452 votes

Odyssey of the Pacific

1982 · Movie · 78 min. · Canada

Direction Fernando Arrabal

Cast Mickey Rooney · Anick · Jonathan Starr · Ky Huot Uk

Synopsis The plot revolves around a brother and sister who are staying with their aunt and uncle. There world is forever changed when a Cambodian boy comes to stay with them until he is able to be placed with a family...

5.8

52 votes

5.8

52 votes

Car Cemetary (TV)

1983 · Movie · 86 min. · France

Direction Fernando Arrabal

Cast Alain Bashung · Juliet Berto · Micha Bayard · Roland Amstutz

Synopsis After a nuclear catastrophe, Milos Poncio Pilatos, a former procurer, receives in his waste land area, a cemetery of cars, to a band of rockers and punks chased by the police.

5.7

85 votes

5.7

85 votes

5.4

40 votes

Farewell, Babylon!

1992 · Movie · 54 min. · France

Direction Fernando Arrabal

Cast Lelia Fischer · Spike Lee · Tom O'Horgan · Tom Bishop

Synopsis Lelia, a young dreamer and serial killer, walks along the streets of New York running up with diverse strange prominent figures who swarm for the suburbs of the great city.

5.2

60 votes

5.2

60 votes