EL LUTE, CAMINA O REVIENTA

En 1960, una familia nómada de cacharreros recorre Extremadura. Llevan una vida dura, causa por la que la madre muere. El hijo, Eleuterio Sánchez «El Lute», roba unas gallinas y es condenado a seis meses de cárcel. Años después, en 1965, tras el asalto a una joyería de Madrid, en el que muere el vigilante, es juzgado y condenado a muerte. Sin embargo, la pena es conmutada por la cadena perpetua y «El Lute» se fuga durante un traslado. Desde ese momento, comienza su huída acosado por la Guardia Civil.

In 1960, a nomadic family of peddlers is travelling all over Extremadura. They lead a very tough life and the mother dies. Her son, Eleuterio Sánchez “El Lute” steals some chickens and he is sentenced to six months imprisonment. Some years later, in 1965, after robbing a jeweller’s shop in which the security guard is killed, he is tried and sentenced to death. However, his death penalty is commuted to one of life imprisonment and “El Lute” escapes during his transferral. From that moment he starts his flight hounded by Civil Guard.