A Dead Man Cannot Live

The film is set in the Costa del Sol,{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/festivals/filmax-costa-del-sol-a-dead-man-cannot-live-1234922642/|website=Variety|title=Filmax Nabs International Sales Rights to Costa del Sol Action Thriller ‘A Dead Man Cannot Live’ (EXCLUSIVE)|first=Emiliano|last=De Pablos|date=5 March 2021}} featuring real-estate corruption as a backdrop. The plot follows Tano, the henchman of Manuel, a real-estate businessman who has got too old.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/cine/20210702/7542923/hombre-muerto-no-sabe-vivir-corrupcion-violencia-costa-sol.html|website=La Vanguardia|title='Hombre muerto no sabe vivir': corrupción y violencia extrema en la Costa del Sol|first=Astrid|last=Meseguer|date=2 July 2021}} The ways of Ángel, Manuel's son and heir-apparent, complicate things.

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• Antonio Dechent as Tano.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fundacionava.org/?section=noticias&action=ficha&contentid=37951|website=Fundación Audiovisual Pública Andaluza|date=5 October 2021|title=Los Encuentros con el Cine Español de Jaén programan la cinta andaluza "Hombre muerto no sabe vivir"}}
• Rubén Ochandiano as Ángel.
• Elena Martínez as Aitana.
• Jesús Castro as Trujillo.
• Paco Tous as Eduardo.
• Nancho Novo as Paul.
• Manuel de Blas as Manuel.
• Juan Fernández{{Cite web|url=https://www.audiovisual451.com/hombre-muerto-no-sabe-vivir-estreno-el-2-de-julio-en-cines/|website=Audiovisual451|title=‘Hombre muerto no sabe vivir’ – estreno el 2 de julio en cines|date=29 June 2021}}
• {{ill|Juan Manuel Lara|es|lt=Juanma Lara}}
• Roberto García
• Manolo Caro

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A Dead Man Cannot Live is Ezekiel Montes' debut feature film. He took over direction, cinematography, production and script development duties.{{Cite web|url=https://www.audiovisual451.com/ezekiel-montes-sobre-hombre-muerto-no-sabe-vivir-he-construido-una-historia-donde-priman-los-valores-de-lealtad-amistad-y-honor-que-ahora-se-estan-muriendo/|date=1 July 2021|website=Audiovisual451|title=Ezekiel Montes sobre ‘Hombre muerto no sabe vivir’: “He construido una historia donde priman los valores de lealtad, amistad y honor, que ahora se están muriendo”}} Filming began in Málaga on 11 November 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.audiovisual451.com/se-rueda-hombre-muerto-no-sabe-vivir-opera-prima-de-ezekiel-montes/|website=Audiovisual451|title=Se rueda ‘Hombre muerto no sabe vivir’, opera prima de Ezekiel Montes|date=12 November 2019}} Other shooting locations also included Marbella and Cádiz.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavozdigital.es/ocio/lvdi-festival-malaga-inunda-cine-gaditano-202105251005_noticia.html|website=La Voz de Cádiz|title='Operación Camarón' en el Festival de Málaga, inundado de cine ‘gaditano’|date=25 May 2021|first=José Juan|last=López}} The film was produced by 73140323 PC alongside CineAND Distribución.

The film premiered at the 24th Málaga Spanish Film Festival (FCME) on 8 June 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://www.diariosur.es/culturas/cine/estreno-hombre-muerto-vivir-20210702113051-nt.html|website=Diario Sur|title=La película malagueña 'Hombre muerto no sabe vivir' llega a las salas|first=Regina|last=Sotorrío|date=2 July 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/andalucia/malaga-00356/noticia-hombre-muerto-no-sabe-vivir-apuesta-cine-negro-festival-malaga-20210608160404.html|title='Hombre muerto no sabe vivir' apuesta por el cine negro en el Festival de Málaga|publisher=Europa Press}} Distributed by Filmax, the film was theatrically released in Spain on 2 July 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://www.audiovisual451.com/la-industria-espanola-regresa-a-cannes-en-2021/|title=La industria española regresa a Cannes en 2021|date=5 July 2021|website=Audiovisual451}}

Alberto Luchini of Metrópoli gave the film 2.5 out of 5 stars, considering that despite a number of positive points, such as Dechent's great performance, those of Elena Martínez and Nancho Novo, the well-done atmosphere, the notable cinematography and the staging, the screenplay was "sheer nonsense".{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/metropoli/cine/2021/07/01/60dc62f6fc6c83f60e8b45b3.html|website=Metrópoli|via=El Mundo|title=Hombre muerto no sabe vivir: Cualquier tiempo pasado fue mejor|date=30 June 2021|first=Alberto|last=Luchini}}

Sergio F. Pinilla of Cinemanía gave the film 3 out of 5 stars, deeming it to be a hyperviolent action thriller with a "colossal cast", and a "somewhat confusing narrative".{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/criticas/hombre-muerto-no-sabe-vivir-4745597/|website=Cinemanía|first=Sergio F.|last=Pinilla|via=20minutos.es|date=28 June 2021|title=Hombre muerto no sabe vivir}}

Federico Marín Bellón of ABC gave the film, which features "uncomfortable violence", 2 out of 5 stars. He considered that, top-rate cast notwithstanding, a "disjointed choreography of gunpowder" is eventually unleashed in the film, "upon which narrative and editing failures are accentuated".{{Cite web|website=abcplay|publisher=ABC|url=https://www.abc.es/play/cine/criticas/abci-critica-hombre-muerto-202107011910_noticia.html|date=2 July 2021|title=Crítica de 'Hombre muerto no sabe vivir': Violencia incómoda y soberbio reparto|first=Federico|last=Martín Bellón}}

Carmen L. Lobo of La Razón gave the film 3 out of 5 stars, writing that it is "a wild film with some stereotypes and script weaknesses thrown in but it keeps you gripped throughout".{{Cite web|url=https://www.larazon.es/cultura/20210702/bgto5ufmlvaqblx67ok4ephlaa.html|website=La Razón|first=Carmen L.|last=Lobo|title=Crítica de «Hombre muerto no sabe vivir»: Ni el apuntador debe salvarse ★★★☆☆|date=2 July 2021}}

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| align = "center" | 2021 || 34th ASECAN Awards || Best Actor || Antonio Dechent || {{won|{{Abbrv|Won|Shared with Manolo Solo's performance in When Brooklyn Met Seville}}}} || {{Cite web|url=https://cineconn.es/ganadores-de-los-premios-asecan-2021/|website=Cine con Ñ|title=‘La hija’, mejor película andaluza del año en los Premios ASECAN 2021|date=18 December 2021}}

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| align = "center" rowspan = "11" | 2022 || rowspan = "11" | 1st Carmen Awards || Best Actor || Antonio Dechent || {{won}} || rowspan = "11" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.audiovisual451.com/alegria-y-sevillanas-de-brooklyn-las-mas-nominadas-a-los-primeros-premios-carmen-del-cine-andaluz/|website=Audiovisual451|title=‘Alegría y ‘Sevillanas de Brooklyn’, las más nominadas a los primeros Premios Carmen del Cine Andaluz|date=14 December 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.audiovisual451.com/la-hija-de-manuel-martin-cuenca-coronada-en-la-primera-edicion-de-los-premios-carmen-del-cine-andaluz/|website=Audiovisual451|title=‘La hija’ de Manuel Martín Cuenca, coronada en la primera edición de los Premios Carmen del cine andaluz|date=31 January 2022}}

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| Best Original Song || Chelo Soto || {{nom}}

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| Best New Director || Ezekiel Montes || {{nom}}

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| Best Special Effects || Eduardo Pérez, Juan Ventura, Víctor Alcalá || {{won}}

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| Best New Actress || Elena Martínez || {{nom}}

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| Best Editing || José. M. G. Moyano || {{nom}}

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| Best Cinematography || Ezekiel Montes || {{nom}}

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| Best Supporting Actor || Paco Tous || {{nom}}

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• List of Spanish films of 2021

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• [https://infoicaa.mecd.es/CatalogoICAA/Peliculas/Detalle?Pelicula=133321 A Dead Man Cannot Live] at ICAA's Catálogo de Cinespañol

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