
120 minutes
9/19/1989
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

Jorge Sanz
as Daniel Javaloyes 'Java'

Victoria Abril
as Menchu / Ramona / Aurora Nin

Antonio Banderas
as Marcos

Javier Gurruchaga
as Conrado-Señor Galán

Lluís Homar
as Palau

Ferran Rañé
as Taylor

Carlos Tristancho
as Sendra
Joan Miralles
as Nadal

Guillermo Montesinos
as Fusam

Juan Diego Botto
as Sarnita

María Botto
as Fueguiña

Cesáreo Estébanez
as Ñito
Montserrat Salvador
as Señora Galán
Margarita Calahorra
as Dueña Continental
Teresa Cunillé
as Abuela Java

Pep Cruz
as Luis Lage
Rosa Morata
as Rubianca

Aitor Merino
as Ado

Victoria Vivas
as Balbina

Mireia Ros
as Margarita

Jordi Dauder
as Alberto

Pep Ferrer
as Falangista

Fredy Ripers
as Miliciano

Joan Dalmau

Carles Sabater
Luis Giralte
as Luis
Marc Barahoma
as Mingo
Ariadna Navarro
as Juanita
Mercè Sans
as Sor Paulina
José Cerro
as Justiniano