Carlos Saura's (Carmen, Blood Wedding) touching and thoughtprovoking 1976 work remains one of the most important films in Spanish cinema. Released when Spain was just coming out of 40 years of Fascist rule it was nominated for a Golden Globe, and won the Grand Prize at Cannes in 1977. Cria Cuervos (aka Raise Ravens) centres on an amazing performance by the young actress Ana Torrent (Spirit Of The Beehive, The Haunting) as the disturbed eightyearold girl living in Madrid with her two sisters and mourning the death of her mother, played by an ethereal Geraldine Chaplin,... whom she conjures as a ghost. [show more]
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Film drama set during the final days of Franco's Spain. Reminiscing in adult life Ana (Geraldine Chaplin) reflects on her childhood growing up in a wealthy part of Madrid. Her childish world is haunted by visions of her beloved dead mother (also played by Chaplin) and the conviction that her philandering, neglectful father (Héctor Alterio) was responsible for the onset of her mother's fatal illness. Following her father's sudden suspicious death in an act of adultery, Ana (played as a child by Ana Torrent) and her sisters (Conchota Pérez and Maite Sánchez) are raised by a stern Aunt (Mónica Randall). As tensions grow within the family and previously hidden passions rise in the confined household, Ana is poised to take drastic action...
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